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H. B. LEDYARD, 

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O. W. RUGGLES, 

GenU Pass'r and Ticket Agent, 

CHICAGO. 






INDEX TO TOURIST RESORTS. 



To Alexandria Bay (Thousand. Islands) 

Bangor, Me 

Bar Harbor, Me 

Bellows Falls, Vt 

Bethlehem Junction, N. H 

Boston, Mass 

Brockville, Ont 

Buffalo, N. Y 

Burlington, Vt 

Caldwell, N. Y 

Calumet, Ont 

Cape Vincent, N. Y 

Chai'levoix, Mich 

Chateaugay, N. Y 

Chautauqua Lake, N. Y 

Clayton, N. Y 

Concord, N. H 

Detroit, Mich 

Fabyans, N. H 

Grayling, Mich 

Halifax, N. S 

Harbor Springs, Mich 

Houghton (Portage Lake), Mich. . . . 

Kingston, Ont 

Laconia, N. H 

Mackinac Island, Mich 

Mackinaw City, Mich 

Malone, N. Y 

Marquette, Mich 

Massena Springs, N. Y — , 

Moira, N. Y 

Montpelier, Vt 

Montreal, Que 

Mt. Clemens, Mich 

Newpoi't, Vt 

New York, N. Y 

Niagara Falls, N. Y 

North Conway, N. H 

Ogdensburg, N. Y 

Ottawa, Ont 

Petoskey, Mich 

Plattsburgh, N. Y 

Plymouth, N. H 

Portland, Me , ... 

Prescott, Ont 

Quebec, Que 

Rouse's Point, N. Y 

Rutland, Vt 

St. Albans, Vt 

St. Clair, Mich 

St. John, N. B 

St. Johnsbury, Vt 

Saratoga, N. Y 

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich 

Sister Lakes, Mich 

" Suspension Bridge, N. Y 

Topinabee, Mich 

Toronto, Ont ... 

Traverse City, Mich 

Twin Mountain House, N. H 

Weirs, N. H 

Wells River, Vt 

Westport, N. Y 

White River Junction, Vt 



Routes 28, 29 

, 49, 50, 51 

49, 50, 51 

35, 36, 37, 38 

40, 41, 42 

" 52 to 68, inclusive 

28, 29, 76, 77 

" 17 

20, 35, 36,37, 38 

... 22 

76, 77 

30, 31 

..12 

32,33, 34 

18, 19 

30, 31 

43 

. , 1 

40, 41, 42 

1 

101, 102 

12 

11 

28,29, 80, 81 

" 4:3 

1,2, 3, 5, 6 

" .... . ..123 

!"!!!'"!!/".".'.'.'. '.Vf.i; !! ^32^ 33, '34 

" 9, 10 

30, 31 

32, 33, 34 

...35, 36, 37, 38 

..28, 29, 70, 77, 82 to 100, Inclusive 

" 13 

" 76, 77 

" 69 to 75, inclusive 

17 

44, 45 

28, 29, 30, 31 

76, 77 

2, 3, 4, 12 

21, 22 

43 

44 to 48, Inclusive 

28, 29,76, 77 

28, 29, 76, 77 

32, 33, 34 

35, 36, 37, 38 

35, 36, 37. 38 

14, 15 

101, 102 

39, 40,41, 42 

22 to 27, inclusive 

" 7, 8 

■' 16 

" 17 

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76, 77, 78 

2, 3, 4, 12 

40,41, 42 

43 

, 39 

22 
.35, 36, 37, 38, 39 



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IMPORTANT INFORMATION 

RELATING TO 
VIA THE 

M ichigan Hentr al R ailroad 

TICKETS. 
rpiCKETS referred to in this Guide are on sale from June 1st until September 
-L 30th, 1890, inclusive, and Round-Trip Tickets are available for the return 
journey, over boat lines, up to the close of navigation ; and over rail hues, 
with exceptions noted, until October 31st, 1890, inclusive. They are for first- 
class passage, and afford all the privileges accorded to first-class passengers. 

ROUND-TRIP TICKETS. 
Where round-trip rates are showTi, the return trip is via the same route as 
the going trip unless otherwise specified. (See Routes 29 and 78.) 

RATES TO POINTS NOT SHOWN HEREIN. 

The rates to intermediate points not shown in this Guide, on the direct line 
of routes over which tickets are sold, will be no higher than the rate to the next 
point beyond to which rate is quoted. 

MEALS AND BERTHS ON STEAMERS. 

On tickets reading over the Lake Superior Transit Company, or Lake Michi- 
gan & Lake Superior Transportation Company, meals and berths are included. 
On aU other trips by steamer given herein an extra charge will be made for 
meals and berths. 

RATES ON RICHELIEU & ONTARIO NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAMERS. 

Special attention is called to the extra fare charged when passengers desire 
to take the Richeheu & Ontario Navigation Company's Steamers from Toronto 
to Montreal on tickets to Montreal or to points beyond, of $3.00 from Chicago, and 
$1.60 from Detroit or Toledo, and on tickets from Detroit or Toledo reading via 
these steamers, from Clayton or Eingston to Montreal, a charge of 7.5 cents above 
the all-rail rates is made. 

From Clayton or Kingston to Montreal is a daylight trip ; no berths neces- 
sary. For the trip Toronto to Montreal berths would be required for one night. 
The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company charge for all meals and berths, 
as they are not included in the passage tickets. 

HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE STEAMERS. 

By special arrangement all first-class tickets of Michigan Central R. R. issue 
reachng via the New York Central & Hudson River or West Shore Railroads 
between Albany and New York will be available via the Day Line Steamers or 
by rail at the option of passengers. Those desiring to use the Steamers must 
so notify the conductor before reaching Albany, so that their tickets can be 
exchanged and the baggage rechecked. Meals are served a la earte on board 
these steamers and both menu and service will be f oimd unexceptionable. 
CLOSE OF NAVIGATION. 

The various Steamer Lines referred to herein will discontinue running for 
the season of 1890 about as follows: 

The Richeheu & Ontario Navigation Company, September 14th, and Lake 
Champlain and Lake George Steamers about October 1st. The Niagara Naviga- 
tion Comijany and Hudson River Day Line Boats about October 10th. 

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6 Summer lours. 

The Detroit & Cleveland, Lake Superior Ti-ansit, and Lake Michigan & Lake 
Superior Ti'ansportation Lines expect to run until October 31st. 

The Mount Washington Railway, the Profile & Franconia Notch Railroad, and 
Peraigfewassett Valley Stages will be discontinued about September 20th. 

Niagara Navigation Company's Steamers Cibola and Chicora will make four 
round trips daily, except Sunday, between Niagara-on-the-Lake and Toronto 
during the season of 1890, connecting with all trains on the Niagara Division of 
the Michigan Central R. R. 

STOP-OVER PRIVILEGES ON TOURIST TICKETS, ON NOTICE TO CONDUCTOR., 

Bangor & Fiscataqixis K. K.— Stop-over allowed. 

Boston & Albany K. K. — Stop-over allowed for ten days. 

Boston & Maine R. K.— Stop-over allowed for ten days, except between 

Boston and Reading or Salem. 
Canadian Pacific Ky. — Stop-over allowed at any station. 
Central Vermont K. R.— Stop-over allowed at any station. 
Chautauqua Lake Ry. — Stop-over allowed. 
Cliesliire R. R. — Stop-over checks, good thirty days, issued. 
Chicago & North-Western Ry. — Stop-over allowed at Fort Howard or north 

thereof. 
Concord & Montreal R. R. — Stop-over allowed at any station. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company's R. R.— Stop-over allowed at any 

point. 
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Ry.— Stop-over allowed. 
Fitchhurg R. R. — Stop-over allowed. 

Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. — Stop-over allowed north of Reed City. 
Grand Trunk Ry.— Stop-over allowed. 

Intercolonial Railway of Canada. — Stop-over allowed at any point. 
Kingston & Pembroke Ry. — Stop-over allowed at any point. 
Liake Michigan & Lake Superior Transportation Company. — Stop-over 

allowed at any point except Milwaukee. 
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. — Stop-over of ten days allowed on 

each division. 
Lake Superior Transit Company.— Stop-over of fifteen days allowed at all 

points. 
Maine Central R. R. — Stop-over allowed except on continuous passage tickets. 
Michigan Central R. R.— On tickets to Northern Micliigan Resorts stop-over 

privileges will be accorded at points between Saginaws and Mackinaw. On 

those to Eastern Resorts, limited to October 31st, stop over privileges will be 

granted at any point on this line on the going journey. No stop-over allowed 

ON THIRTY -DAY TICKETS. 

Montpelier & Wells River R. R.— Stop-over allowed. 

New Brunswick Ry. — Stop-over allowed. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R — Stop-over allowed. 

New York, Lake Erie & Western R. R.- Stop-over allowed. 

Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company,— Stop-over allowed on notice 

to purser. 
Rome, W^atertown & Ogdensburg R. R.— Stop-over checks, good fifteen 

days, allowed ou Toui'ist tickets. 
Quebec Central Ry.— Stop-over allowed on through tickets between Quebec 

and Sherbrooke. 
West Shox-e R. H.— Stop-over allowed. 



A WORD TO THE TOURIST. 

"rpRAVEL, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of 
J- experience." When my Lord Bacon wrote this, in 1625, travel was a 
matter of hardship, not to say peril, and a costly luxury that but few could 
enjoy. To-day, everyone travels. The incentives to travel are so great, it has 
been made so comfortable and even luxurious, and its expense so reduced, that 
the American people in particular has become a nation of travelers, and some 
critics have felt caUed upon to expostulate against ' ' the vagrant spirit of the 
age."' But, while pi'Otesting against "all this pui-poseless straggling and globe- 
trottuig,'' it is admitted that "it is instructive to have seen the world and 
to know what is in it. It gives the means of making comparisons, imparts 
culture, and opens the eyes generally." So we need no dissertation upon the 
advantages of travel, nor is any excuse needed by the slave of business, the 
devotee of society, the wearied housewife, nor any whom the complex, engross- 
ing, and driving duties of modern hfe impel to seek rest, change, and recrea- 
tion. 

It remains, then, for us only to briefly point out to the reader that we 
bave endeavored to make this little book a practical guide to the intending 
tourist, whether he be a novice or a traveler of exiDerience. We endeavor to 
give, as f uUy as our limits permit, the most essential information relative to the 
chief summer resorts of the North and East, the various routes to them via 
Chicago, Toledo, and Detroit, and some description of the scenery of the coimtry 
traversed in reaching them. The Ust we present is more extensive than ever, 
and embraces some of the most interesting and charming regions of om- country, 
while the various routes described can not easily be sm'passed, either in delightful 
scenery or in ease and comfort to the traveler. 

The Michigan Central has always been a favorite tourist route, for these 
reasons. All the world knows that it is "The Niagara Falls Route," and that it 
is the only line that can fairly claim that distinctive title. But while Niagara 
Falls is its great and chief attraction, it is far from being its only one. Wherever 
its trains run, a pleasing jDanorama is presented to the passing traveler, to whose 
comfort and convenience its officials are never weary of ministering. It has never 
spared care nor expense in testing devices to diminish danger, insm*e safety, 
increase speed, or add to its facihties. Among these are the Miller platform and 
coupler, the Westinghouse air-brake, the Pintsch light, the Wagner sleeping and 
■drawing-room cars, vestibuled platforms, sumptuous dining-cars, and coaches 
-as luxurious as the average palaca-car. A hundred others might be mentioned, 
unkno-\vn to the traveling public, yet of inestimable importance. Not one in a 
thousand of those who travel at lightning speed in its palatial fast trains, di'awn 
by ten-wheeled, sixty -ton 'Great Mogul" engines, over its magnificent solid 
road-bed laid with ninety-pound steel I'ails, equipped with interlocking switches, 
and guarded by an army of emploj^es, know and appreciate, or can know and 
appreciate, the labors and cares and incessant vigilance that has made iDossible 
hiS safe, sm'e, and comfortable journey. To adequately describe these would 
take a much larger book than this. But the splendid equipment and successful 
operation of the Michigan Central, with its remarkable freedom from serious 
accident, is a grand result that proves the processes by which it has been 
reached. 

The constant improvements in the service and equipment of tlie Michigan 
Central have elicited frequent comments from the newspaper press, one of the 




The Buttet Library Car of the North Snore Limited. — Michigan Central. 

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A Word to the Tourist. & 

most recent of which was the following from the Chicago Tribune of May 17, 
1890, announcing the company's latest triumph, the North Shore Limited: 

" The Fast Limited Train of the Michigan Central, heretofore mentioned in 
The Tribune, will be placed in s?r\-ice next Sunday, and will be known as 'The 
North Shore Limited.' The west-bound train from New York to Chicago will 
make the time in twenty-five hours, leaving New York at 4.50 p. m., lew York 
time, and arriving in Chicago at 4.50 p. m., Chicago time. This is a strictly lim- 
ited train, upon which the company is obliged to charge for extra service and 
sleeping-car accommodations. 

"On account of the large Nev\' York State business which the east-bound 
train from Chicago to New York is obliged to carry, the company had to add 
materially to the number of stops in the East, and to extend its time. This train 
will leave Chicago at 12.20 p. m. and arrive in New York at 4.00 p. m. For this 
reason no extra charge is made on this train, although it is composed of the 
same splendid cars as are run on the west-bound limited. With the exception of 
the slight difference in time, therefore, east-bound passengers have the advant- 
age of all the superior accommodations of the west-bound train, without any 
extra charge. 

"This magnificent train is entirely new, and every car has been specially 
constructed for it in the most thorough and perfect manner, combining every 
improvement that inventive genius could suggest and experienced workmanship 
and unUmited expenditure could supply, 

"In addition to the 'Limited,'' the Michigan Csntral will put in service next 
Sunday a new east-bound train from Chicago to Detroit, leaving Chicago daily, 
except Sunday, at 9.00 a. m. The place of the old night express. No. 12, will be 
taken by the American Express, No. 16, leaving Chicago at 9.00 p. m. daily, 
except Sunday, carrying a sleeping-car, Chicago to Detroit. 

" Under the new schedule of time, the Michigan Central enters the field for 
summer travel with a better service and finer equipment than ever before, and 
is enabled to handle still more successfully and satisfactorily its constantly 
increasing business."' 

When the experienced traveler has slept the sleep of the innocent and the 
just, has read the morning papers, the latest novel, the new magazine, or some 
standard work from the well-chosen library on board, has written his letters and 
telegrams, has smoked his cigars, and chatted with his feUov>^ travelers, he 
invariably seeks the height of his day's enjoyment in the dining-car. The 
Michigan Central was the pioneer Eastern dining-car line, and has always en- 
joyed the highest reputation for the quality of its cuisine and the character of 
its service. It thoroughly comprehends the wide difference between feeding 
and dining. The menu, though ample, is not overloaded by a wilderness of 
dishes through which one wanders in search for the palatable ; but the viands 
are of the choicest, prepared by an experienced chef, and served by skillful 
waiters, upon dainty chiua and snowy linen, in the most tempting style. Nothing 
is wanting to the enjoyment of the most fastidious as he leisurely discusses the 
successive courses, or sips his well-selected wine, glancing from time to time 
at the pleasing scenery that glides swiftly by the broad plate-glass windo^v, until 
' ' Serenely full, the epicure shall say, 
' Fate can not harm me, I have dined to-day.' "' 




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MICHIGAN RESORTS. 

"VTORTHERN Michigan is a I'egion characterized by an air of marvelous 
-'-^ purity, laden with balsamic odors from the piue forests, giving health 
and strength to the invalid with everj^ inhalation, and peculiai'lj' cm'ative to hay 
fever, asthma, and bronchial affections. The clear running streams and blue- 
green waters of the lakes are full of finny prey, and the forests afford good sport 
to the himter in the proper season. There is much wonderfully picturesque 
scenery on 3Iackinac Island, and in the I'egion of which it is the center, including 
the Cheneaux Islands, the Sault de Ste. Marie, the Pictm-ed Rocks of Lake 
Superior, and tha lake shore near IMarquette. 

Reference to the folding map will enable the tourist to clearly trace his 
route. He will see that there are four lines limning northward from the base 
line of the Michigan Central, converging into two — the Chicago & West 3Iichigan 
from New Buffalo, and the Grand Rapids & Indiana from Kalamazoo, meeting 
at Grand Rapids, whence the latter road imns northward to Traverse City, Harbor 
Springs, Charlevoix, Petoskey, and Mackinaw; and the Saginaw and Baj^ City 
Divisions of the IMichigan Central, leaving the Main Line at Jackson and Detroit, 
and meeting at Bay City, the Mackinaw Division running to Alger, Roscommon, 
Topinabee, Indian River, Cheboygan, and 3Iackinaw City, whence ferry runs to 
Mackinac Island, and where connection is made with the Duluth, South Shore & 
Atlantic Railway for Upper Peninsula points. 

jMackixac Island is now a National Park, has been a military post for a cen- 
tury, was for forty years the headquarters of Astor"s American Fur Company, 
has been fought over by French, British, IncUans, and Americans, and more than 
two hundred years ago was a mustering place of Marquette, Hennepin, Nicollet, 
and LaSalle. To the Hurons it was the " Island of Giant Fairies " and the home 
of numerous legends which Longfellow, who visited Schoolcraft here, wove into 
the poem of Hiaicatha. It has since been a source of inspiration to many 
writers. Donan has written of it in characteristic strains of fervid eloquence, 
and Captain Kelton, U. S. A., has pubhshed its ^ 'story, statistics, and traditions 
in an invaluable little handbook, while Marion __^rland has printed, but lately, in 
The Home-Maker, "With the Best Intentions," a story in which the island 
scenes, society, and spirit are admirably depicted. 

"The natm-al scenery of Mackinac is charming,'' writes, in Picturesque 
America, Constance Fennimore Woolson, v\-hose admirable story of Anne is a 
local as well as a national classic. "The geologist finds mysteries in the masses 
of calcareous rock dipping at unexpected angles: the antiquarian feasts his eyes 
on the Di-uidical circles of ancient stones ; the invalid sits on the chff's edge, in 
the vivid simshine, and breathes in the buoj-ant air with delight, or rides slowly 
over the old military roads, with the spicery of cedars and juniper alternating 
with the fresh forest odors of j^oimg maples and beeches. The haunted birches 
abound, and on the crags grow the weird larches, beckoning with their long 
fingers— the most human tree of all. BluebeUs, on their hair-like stems, swing 
from the rocks, fachng at a touch, and in the deep woods are the Indian pipes, 
but the ordinary wild-flowers are not to be found. Over toward the E itish 
Landing stand the Gothic spires of the blue-green spi-uces and now and then an 
Indian trail crosses the road, worn deep by the feet of the red men when the 
Fairy Island was then- favorite and sacred resort. "" 

On the edge of a precipice of white limestone, 155 feet high, just back 
of the town, is the fort which, in picturesque beauty of location, has no rival 
among all the fortresses of the United States. Its position somewhat resembles 

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SiAiiimer Tours. 



sublimest freaks of ralure's handi- 
The chisel pinrits. of untold ages 



that of Fort SneUing, but is much more romantic. Magnificent views of the 
sui-rounding lakes, channels, islands, promontories, forests, towns, and shipping 
are to be had from every point of the lofty parapet; and the world affords no 
gi-ander sight than a sunrise or sunset from the fort, the great globe of crimson 
and gold seeming at its rising to burst up from the bosom of Lake Huron and 
at its setting to plunge into the midst of Lake Michigan, casting a milhon 
prismatic tints of glorious Ught on wave and sky. Arch Rock is one of the 
wildest, weirdest, 
work in sculpture, 
of whirling waters 
are all over it. 
It projects 
from the 
face of a 
cliff 200 feet 
high, a gi- 
gantic bay- - 
window of 
stone, sup- 
ported b y 
a mighty 
arch 149 
feet high at 
its summit. 
The rim or 
wall of the 
bay-window is 
about three feet wide 
and it bulges out some twen- 
ty feet from the cliff, over- 
hanging the blue-green water of 
the lake a dizzy depth below. 
The view from the summit of the 
arch takes in a glorious sweep of 
fifty miles. The scene by moon- 
light from a boat below the arch is 
most enchanting. From the ruins f^ 
of old Fort Holmes, on the highest 
point of the island, is seen a panorama 
of wonderful beauty and extent. \cross ' 
a narrow strait Bois Blanc Island looms up 
with its light-houses and forests of white buxh, w hile 

twelve miles off to the northeast can be seen the upper part of the Cheneaux 
Islands, an enchanting archipelago of some seventy-five or eighty beautiful 
islands, varying fx'om two miles in length to mere green specks a hundred 
feet across, dotting the crystal waters which rush by, fifteen fathoms deep at 
the shores, and swarming with white-fish, bass, pickerel, gamy muskallonge, 
and lake trout. 

At both Les Cheneaux and Bois Blanc, summer resort associations have 
erected club houses and cottages for the suitable entertainment not only of mem- 
bers and guests, but of visitoi's as well. These are charming summering places, 
easily reached from Mackinac Island or Cheboygan, and annually attract increas- 





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Michigan Resorts. 15 

ing numbers of sportsmen, with rod and gun, and health and pleasure seekers 
as well. 

One of the delights of the season is a trip on the little steamer that makes 
the tour of the "inland route,'" running from Mackinac Island up Cheboygan 
River and JMullet Lake, landing at Topinabee for dinner at Pike's excellent hotel, 
thence through the tortuous mazes of Indian River, Buifs Lake, Crooked River, 
and Crooked Lake to Odin, Avhence a dummy raih'oad takes the tourist to Petos- 
key in ample time to dress for dinner. 

Koutes and Rates to Michigan Resorts. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

I Michigan Central R. R. to destination. 

Return same Route. 

2 ^Michigan Central R. R. to New Buffalo. 
Chicago & West Michigan R. R. to Grand Rapids. 
Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. to destination. 

Return same Route. 

3 Michigan Central R. R. to Kalamazoo. 
Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. to destination. 

Return same Route. 

4 Michigan Central R. R. to Grand Rapids. 
Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. to destination. 

Return same Route. 

5 Michigan Central R. R. to Mackinaw City. 
Mackinaw Transportation Co. to Mackinac Island. 

Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Transportation Co. to Chicago. 
3Iichigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

6 Mchigan Central R. R. to Mackinaw City. 
Mackinaw Transportation Co. to Mackinac Island. 
Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co. to Detroit. 
Mchigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

Grayling, Mich., and return, Route 1 $ 8 . 05 

Topinabee, Mich., and return, Route 1 10-50 

Traverse City, Mich., and i-eturn, Routes 2, 3, and 4 10.55 

Petoskey, Mich., and retm-n, Routes 2, 3, and 4 11.60 

Mackinaw City, Mich., and return, Routes 1, 2, and 3 11 65 
Mackinac Island, Mich. , and return, Routes 1 , 2, and 3 12 65 

Mackinac Island, Mich., and retm-n. Route 5 20.05 

Mackinac Island, Mich., and retm^n, Route 6 9.85 

Sault Ste. Marie, Micli., and Return. 

7 Choice of Routes to Mackinac Island and return. 
Steamers to Sault Ste. Marie and return. 
Add $4.00 to rates shown to Mackinac Island and retm'n. 

8 Choice of Routes to Mackinaw City and return. 
Mackinaw Transportation Co. to St. Ignace. 
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic R. R. to Sault Ste. Marie. 

Return same Route. 
Add S4.50 to rates shown to Mackinaw City and return. 



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16 Summer Tours. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Marquette, Mich., and Ketiiru. 

Q Choice of Routes to Mackinaw City and return. 
Mackinaw Transportation Co. to St. Ignace. 
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic R. R. to Marquette. 

Return same Route. 
Add $7.50 to rates shown to Mackinaw City and return. 

Marquette, 3Ilcli., and Return. 

] O Michigan Central R. R. to Mackinaw City. 
Mackinaw Transportation Co. to St. Ignace. 
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic R. R. to Marquette. 
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic R. R. to Negaunee. 
Chicago & North-Western Ry. to Chicago. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. $ 24 . 65 $ 26 . 75 $ 21 . 25 

Houghton (Portage Lake), Mich., and Return. 

I I Choice of Routes to Mackinaw City and return. 
Mackinaw Transpoi'tation Co. to St. Ignace. 
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic R. R. to Houghton, 

Return same Route. 
Add $12.25 to rates shown to Mackinaw City and return. 

Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Charlevoix, or Traverse City and Return. 

I 2 Choice of Rovites to Mackinac Island. 

Hannah, Lay & Co. Steamers to destination. 

Petoskey and return, add $2.00 to Mackinac Island and return rates. 
Harbor Springs and return, add $2.00 to Mackinac Island and return rates. 
Charlevoix and return, add $2.70 to Mackinac Island and return rates. 
Traverse City and return, add $4.00 to Mackinac Island and return rates. 

MOUNT CLEMENS. 

Mount Clemens, a handsome town of 4,000 people, is hut twenty miles from 
Detroit, on the way to Saint Clair. The Avery Hotel, with its cheerful rooms, 
spacious parlors, wide verandas, and agreeable surroundings, is a most accept- 
able abiding place for both the invalid in search of health and the seeker after 
rest and pleasure. The bath-house connected with the original Mount Clemens 
Mineral Springs is new, and has a capacity for accommodating 400 patients 
daUy. This is, without doubt, one of the most modern, attractive and complete 
bathing establishments in the United States— ably managed, and assisted by a 
corps of thoroughly competent physicians and attendants, who give the strictest 
attention to the wants and comforts of patients. All forms of baths are admin- 
istered that can be given with these waters, the most modern appliances being 
employed, and large cooling-rooms are provided with every convenience, where 
the bather may recline and rest with pleasure. For full information as to rates, 
•etc., address E. R. Egnew, proprietor Avery Hotel, Mount Clemens, Mich. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 33-2. 
1 3 Michigan Central R. R. to Detroit. 
Grand Trunk Ry. to Mt. Clemens. 

Return same Route. (Limit ninety days.) $15.00 



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ST. CLAIR SPRINGS. 

Saint Clair Springs, the most widely-known and popular watering-place in 
Michigan, is a prosperous, elegant little city of about 2,000 inhabitants, pleas- 
antly located on the west bank of the Saint Clair River, about half-way between 
Lakes Saint Clair and Huron. It is rendered easy of access from Detroit, 
either by steamboat or by through car over the Grand Trunk and Michigan 
Central, and from the East by the Saint Clair Division of the Michigan Central 
from Saint Thomas. The Oakland is a fine, large hotel, situated on the river 
bank just south of the city, and near the Michigan Central station. The river 
and lake steamers, and the ferryboat from Courtright, land at the hotel wharf. 
It is a favorite place for those who wish a quiet and thoroughly enjoyable resort 
at all seasons, as well as for those who seek relief from disease. The water of 
the Saint Clair Mineral Spring, connected with the hotel, is of the same general 
class as the German saline spas, so rare in this country, but more powerful than 
most of them. The baths, hot or cold, are no less delightful than curative, and 
result in physical vigor that gives new zest to life. The walks and drives in the- 
vicinity are very jDleasant, and there is no end to the boating and sailing on the 
noble river, which affords splendid fishing. But a few miles south are the Saint 
Clair Flats, famous to American and Canadian sportsmen for their unrivaled 
duck-shooting. Club-houses, hotels, and private shooting-boxes have been built 
there in considerable numbers, and the fish and game dinners are famous. 

Rates to St. Clair Springs, Mich.., and Return. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 33-17. 
I 4 Michigan Central R. R. to Detroit. 
Grand Trunk Ry. to Lenox. 
Michigan Central R. R. to St.. Clair. 

Return same Route. (Limit ninety days.) $ 15 00 



18 

Route 



Summer Tonrf^. 



Destination and Form. 
Form 67-1. 

I 5 Michigan Central R. R. to Detroit. 
Steamers to St. Clair. 

Return same Route. (Limit ninety days.) 



From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 



15. 00 




Sister Lakes, ten miles 
from Dowagiac on the'main line 
of the Michigan Central, is beauti. 
fully located on an elevated peninsula 
between Round and Crooked Lakes, cov- 
ered with magnificent shade trees of the orig- 
inal forest, under w^hich are interspersed 
numerous cottages, affording all the privacy 
. Df°)' '^^^ ^^ home. The hotel and cottages are f m-nished 
In the best and most comfortable manner and 
he most scrupulous cleanliness observed. The 
facilities are admirable for boating, sailing, fishing, and other 
sports, while the cuisine; presided over by an accomplished chef, is 
unsurpassed. There is no finer summering place for the tked busmess 
man, for the sportsman, and particularly for families, ladies and 
children, freedom, comfort, and refinement being its chief characteristics. 

For information and circulars, address Eugene Larzelere, Manager, Sister 
Lakes, Van Buren Co., Mich. 



Sister Ijakes, Mich. 
Form 75-83. 
I 6 Michigan Central R. R. to Dowagiac. 
Hubbard Stage Line to Sister Lakes. 
Return same Route. 



aud Return. 



6.50 



NIAGARA FALLS. 

A NOTED writer closed a rhetorical outbui'st upon the grandeur of Niagara 
-^^ with the exclamation: " There is but one Niagara Falls on earth, and but 
one du'ect, great railway to it — the IMichigan Central. "So, from the West we take 
the Michigan Central— "The Niagara Falls Route; " and, passing through Michi- 
gan and Ontario, we cross the famous Welland ship-canal, and soon reach Niagara 
River. A moment later, as the trainmen announce "Falls View," the great 
Cataract bm'sts suddenly upon our expectant vision. The train stops, and every 




General V.ga of N.agara Falls from the Canadian Sid=, 



passenger hastens to the verge of the embankment, a hundred feet above the 
river, to enjoy, for every second of the allotted five minutes, the wonderfid scene 
of beauty and grandeur before him. The point of view is directly above the 
Horseshoe Falls, and the eye takes in the entire extent of the Horseshoe, or 
Canadian, and the American Falls, with the wood-crowned Goat Island between, 
the raging, white-capped rapids and the lesser islands above, and the boiling 
cauldron below, with the column of snowy spray rising from the abyss and dis- 
solving in the sky above. Beyond is the American shore, on which the larger 
buildings of the town of Niagara Falls may be discerned, back of the trees of 

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Prospect Park, while far up to the right stretches the broad expanse of lake-like 
river. From no other point is so comprehensive a view^ obtainable, and it is well 
that the traveler should first see Niagara here, as he gains thereby the best idea 
of its topography. 

Leaving Falls View, the train passes over a deep-cut road, through which 
one catches a lovely glimpse, as of a framed picture, of the snowy Gothic 
tracery of the American Falls; and a moment later the station of Niagara 
Falls, Ontario, is reached. A mile and a half farther down, the river is crossed 
on the famous Cantilever Bridge— a great triumph of engineering skill and 
daring — two hundred and fifty feet above "the angriest bit of water in the 
world." From the bridge, which is undoubtedly one of the strongest and 
safest structures in the world, one has a fine view of the Falls, the Rapids, and 
the rocky walls between which the surging waters flow, while below are seen 
the Suspension Bridge and the Whirlpool Rapids. 

From Suspension Bridge station, at the eastern end of the Cantilever Bridge, 
to Niagara Falls, N. Y., the train often runs so near the edge that one may look 
down upon the madly turbulent waters far below, and get fleeting glimpses of 
the bridge he has just crossed, the Falls, and the foaming rock- walled amphi- 
theatre into which they pour. At the latter station is the town, and here most 
travelers stop. 

He who comes from the West, if desirous of utilizing his time as much as 
possible, will find it convenient to leave the Michigan Central train at Niagara 
Falls, Ontario, and go down the steep, paved street to the Clifton House, which 
stands in a commanding position on the edge of the cliff directly in front of the 
American Fall on one side, and the Horseshoe Fall in full view. In fact, no other 
building, unless it be the old stone museum building in the park, affords any such 
superb and beautiful views as ' one obtains from the windows and the broad 
verandas of the Clifton House. 

The time will not be wasted if the visitor seats himself on one of these 
verandas until the hour for breakfast or for dinner, as the case may be, and 
leisurely scans the scenes before him. A good opera or field glass will be found 
quite useful— scai'cely less so, in fact, than a pair of stout, serviceable, comfort- 
able shoes. And, indeed, these adjectives should apply as well to all garments. 
Keep, by all means, your fine clothes for the hotel parlors or dining-rooms, but 
wear such apparel in your drives and rambles that you need have no apprehen- 
sion of ill-results from sun, dust, or spray. 

Your meal over, start out upon your explorations. Walk on through the 
gates and into the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, across the road. Follow- 
ing the cliff- walk, you Mali not fail to stop a few moments at Ramblers' Rest, 
directly opposite the American Fall, Inspiration Point, opposite the northern end 
of Goat Island, and again at Table Rock, at the very end of the Horseshoe Falls. 
There is a constant variation in the views, but all are beautiful and grand. If 
the wind be from the east or southeast, you will find yourself in- a inist or rain of 
spray as you approach the Horseshoe Fall, but with the precautions we have 
suggested, you will find this but a trifling annoyance. If the visit be made in the 
afternoon, as indeed it should, you will have the sun more or less at your back, 
lighting up spray and falling water with sparkling brilliancy, and painting pris- 
matic rainbows upon them. 

Procuring a water-proof suit and a guide at the Table Rock House, you 
descend' the hydraulic elevator and pass behind the watery veil of the end of the 
Horseshoe Fall. The charge is but fifty cents, including attendance, and the 
experience a imique one not to be omitted. Standing just outside, the flood seems 



Niagara Falls. 



21 



to pour down out of the very sky. Nowhere else, probably, does one gain such 
an idea of the height of the Cataract, for the view from above tends to dwarf the 




Below the Canadian Fal 



fall. Nowhere is the fall more powerful to the senses. Passing within the 
cavern that the waters have excavated, we see that it probably extends behind 



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the entire fall, but at last a thin column of water falls across the path, prevent- 
ing further entrance. With discretion, and the presence of the stalwart and 
experienced guide, there is no danger, but one feels powerless in the presence of 
raging winds and waters. Professor Tyndall, who has penetrated as far as 
anyone, speaks of the bulf eting of the air as indescribable, the effect being like 
actual blows with the fist; and Trollope's description is equally graphic. 

The leisurely drive from Table Rock thi-ough the upper portion of the Queen 
Victoria Park, is a very delightful one, following the shore of the river along the 
raging, tumbling Rapids, which descend fifty-five feet in three-quarters of a 
mile. Cedar Island is traversed, and near the upper end of the Park we come to 
a group of charming little islands that have been renamed in honor of Lord 
Dufferin. Here the carriage should be left for a beautiful view of the Rapids 
from the. Cascades Platform, and a ramble through the woodland mazes, and by 
the rippling waters of the islands. One may spend whole days within the limits 
of the park without exhausting its beauties or its enjoyment. 

A fine, commanding view is obtained from the top of the bluffs beyond, from 
which you overlook the whole sweep of the river, from Navy Island to the gorge 
below the Falls; and to return by way of the bluff, by the convent and monastery 
overlooking Falls View, the view from which, with the sun in the western sky, is 
grandly beautiful. 

The river may be crossed to the American side by means of the ferry from 
the landing, under the cliff by the Clifton House, or by the Suspension Bridge, 
near by. The bridge-toll is twenty-five cents each, and twenty-five cents extra 
for a two-horse carriage, and the fine views obtained in crossing make this means 
of transit very desirable. The drive down the river, however, which follows the 
edge of the cliff two miles to the Suspension Bridge, is a very agreeable one, 
affording interesting views from different points of the FaUs, the river goi'ge, 
and the Cantilever and Suspension Bridges. 

The union depot of the Michigan Central and the New York Central & 
Hudson River Railroads at Niagara Falls, N. Y., is but two or three blocks from 
all the principal hotels, and but five minutes' walk from the State Reservation. 
Into it come through palace cars from Chicago, St. Louis, Toledo, and Detroit 
over the former, and from New York, Boston, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, and 
Buffalo over the latter, as well as from Portland, the White Mountains, Norwood, 
and Clayton over the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad in the summer 
season. Miller's carriages, omnibuses, and transfer-wagons are in attendance 
upon the arrival of all trains, and have fixed and stated prices for all services. 
The hackmen are also there — of whom Ho wells wrote, in Their Wedding 
Journey: " I do not know how much of their content was due to the fact that 
they (Basil and Isabel) had suffered no sort of wrong there from those who are 
apt to prey upon travelers, yet their actual experience was great reasonableness 
and facile contentment with the sum agreed upon."" 

At the entrances to the State Reservation are neat park phaetons, which 
make the circuit for a fare of ten cents, or, upon payment of twenty -five cents, 
will issue the passenger a coupon ticket enabling him to stop over at the various 
points of interest en route. These will be found very convenient; yet we cannot 
too strongly reiterate that one should trust to his own legs as much as possible 
in the immediate vicinity of the Falls. You can not get close to Natm^e miless 
your feet are on the earth. 

The central point, and that from which to begin your intimate acquaintance 
with Niagara Falls, is Iris or Goat Island. Walk out on the State Reservation 
oy the river bank, opposite the Hotel Kaltenbach, and see the American Rapids 



Niagara Falls. 



23 



hurrying to the fall. As you walk on down the stream, past the Cataract House, 
the descent is greater, and the waters rush more swiftly, throwing high in air 
jets and masses of spray that glitter in the bright simlight like drops of molten 
silver or of crystal. Here we come to the bridge leading to the islands, and 
pausing after entering upon it, lean upon the upper raihng and look the down- 
rushing toi'rent full in the face. It is beautiful, this clear, pure, cold flood that 
has come down from the depths of the great lakes. It is wildly magnificent as 
we look far up the long incline and watch it dash wildly, impetuously, down to 
us, until we feel its motion, and fear for the bridge upon which we stand. 

AVe cross Bath Island, then a narrow arm of the river to Goat Island, which 
separates the American from the Horseshoe Fall. The greater portion is 
covered by fine old maples and elms, and smooth-trunked beeches. These cool, 
,, J - ^'r if^Aif quiet forest aisles— silent but for the twit- 

'^^^^'J^-u^4M^<^r''^'''*^^^'' ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ birds, the scampermg of 



frisky squirrels and the music of the great 
cataract — are carpeted by a 
sr==3^-^-==sssi^ wonderfully varied 
flora, and one can 
readily imagine 
himself far from 
the busy haunts of 
man. 

Not far from the 
head of Goat Island 
we come to a bridge 
leading to the first 
Sister Island, be- 
yond which is the 
second and the 
third, with swift 
rushing streams 
and beautiful cas- 
cades between, 
spanned by bridges 
light and graceful 
enough in appear- 
ance, yet strong 
enough in reahty. 
The trees upon 

them are gnarled and twisted as if by constant storm-struggles; the vines ana 
undergrowth are wild and tangled; the rocks are bare, and worn by ice and flood 
for countless ages. From the outer one is gained, we think, the finest views of the 
Rapids, reaching away over to the Canada shore. At what seems to be but a 
short distance away is Spouting Rock, where the do'svTi-rush and cross-cm-rents 
dash the water on high, perhaps twenty feet or more, in a grand sheaf of spray. 
The charm and fascination of these little islands increase with every visit. 

"But," to use TroUope's language, "we wUl go at once on to the gloiy and 
the thtmder, and the majesty, and the ^^'Tath of the upper hell of waters." 
Following the road along the blufC overlooking the Rapids we come to the end 
or comer of the island, where a long flight of stairs goes down to the edge of the 
Horseshoe Fall. "From hence across to the Canadian side, the cataract con- 
tinues itself in one unabated line. But the fine is very far from being direct or 







The Bridge, Sister Islands. 



24 



SurriTner Tours. 



straight. After stretching for some little way from the shore to a point in the 
river which is reached by a wooden bridge, the line of the ledge bends inwards 
against the flood— in, and in, and in, till one thinks that the depth of that horse- 
shoe is immeasm-able, and that he can scarcely trace out the center of the abyss. 
"Go down to the end of that wooden bridge, seat yourself on the rail, and 
there sit tiU all the outer world is lost to you. There is no grander spot about 




The Horseshoe Fall from Goat Island. 
Niagara than this. The waters are absolutely around you. If you have that 
power of eye-control, which is so necessary to the full enjoyment of scenery, you 
will see nothing but the water. You will certainly hear nothing else; and the 
sound is melodious, and soft withal, though loud as thunder. You will not see 
the whole depth of the fall. That converging rush of waters may fall down into 
a hell of rivers for what the eye can see. It is glorious to watch them in their 
first cui-ve over the rocks. They come green as a bank of emeralds; but with a 
fitful, flying color, as though conscious that in one moment more they would be 



Niagara Falls. 



25 



dashed into spray and rise into air, pale as driven snow. The vapor rises high 
into the air, and is gathered there, visible always as a permanent white cloud 
over the cataract; but the bulk of the spray which fills the lower hollow of that 
horseshoe is Uke a tumult of snow. That which at first was only great and 
beautiful, becomes gigantic and sublime. 

Climbing the stairs again from Terrapin Rocks to Goat Island, you follow the 
path, or drive along the cliff, from which you look down two hundred feet into 

the boihng and foaming 
waters below the Falls, 
and across the chasm to 
the Canada shore, and at 
the corner of the island 
come to another stair- 
way, descending to Luna 
Island. Standing at the 
top, or on a platform at 
an angle of this stair- 
way, you overlook the 
American and Luna 
Falls, with the green 
background of Prospect 
Park, and the village of 
Niagara Falls to the 
right. Directly in front 
the Suspension foot- 
bridge spans the chasm 
like a web of gossamer, 
and beyond it stretches 
the narrow gorge to the 
Cantilever Bridge in the 
distance. 

The American FaU, 
shorn of its magnitude 
to some extent after 
seeing the other, is still 
by itself one of the 
greatest in the world, 
and possesses peculiar 
American Fall and Foot Bridge from Goat Island. beauties of its own. Be 

ing a few feet higher than the Horseshoe, the depth and quantity of water that 
pisses over it is not so great, and the deep emerald hues of the former are 
lacking here. Its irregular outhne, however, is year by year approaching the 
horseshoe curvature, and its most conspicuous feature is itsgothic tracery of 
purest white as it seems to be broken into spray almost from the very edge. It 
is from this point, too, when you have the sun behind you, that you see, always 
one, often two, sometimes thi'ee rainbows at once, on the spray, that rises from 
below. Going down on Luna Island you may stand on the very brink of the fall. 
Arraying yourself in oilskins, at a little house near by, you descend a stair- 
case to the foot of Goat Island, whence you may pass behind the Luna Fall into 
the famous Cave of the Winds, and out upon plank- walks on the rocks in front 
of the American FaU. You will be drenched and half -blinded by the spray, but 
the experience will amply repay you for the exertion and discomfort. 













Entrance to the Cave of the Winds. 
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Niagara Falls. 



27 



Returnmg to the mainland by the bridge over which you came, jovl follow 
the river bank by the rapids, through the Reservation, to the eastern extremity 
of the American Fall. From here and other points along the low stone parapet, 
on the edge of the chfif, you get splendid views, not only of the f aU at your 
feet, but of the magnificent sweep of the great Horseshoe beyond. 




The Falls from Below, Arrerican Side. 

The rapid descent of the iaclined railway near by brings you to the bottom 
of the chff, in a building which protects you from the weather and the spray. 
Should the wind be in the right direction, you may climb the rocks at the foot of 
the American Fall without discomfort, and, looking up, see the great white 
flood pouring down as if from the very heavens. Here is also the wharf of the 
Maid of the Mist, a staunch little boat which stems the boiling current, passing 
along the front of the American Fall and Goat Island, to the front of the Horse- 
shoe, landing on the Canada side, and recrossing the river to the starting-point. 
About two' miles and a half below the Falls are the Whirlpool Rapids, seen to the 
best advantage from the American side, though the means of access on the 
Canada side are more convenient and agreeable. 

Still farther below is the Whirlpool itself, where the river makes a sharp 
angle to the right before flowing out of its rocky defile between Queenston and 



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Summer Tours. 



Lewiston. These points should be visited by 
the New York Central ti"aiu to Lewiston, or 
the Michigan Central train on its Niagara 
Division to Queenston and Niagara-on-the- 
Lake, a delightful resort at the mouth of the 
river, where connection is made with fine 
^ ,•*■■" steamers for Toronto. 

- -- It is a great mistake to 

hurry and hasten at Niagara. 

, ! Every mile of the river is 

-==«s, full of beauty. 




Descent to the 
Whirlpool Rapids 

grandeur, 

picturesqueness. VjU-"^' 

See all you can^ '^ 

therefore, and see much of it as 

often as you can, and so leisurely 

that your eye and mind may be 

come thoroughly in accord ^\ ith 

the spirit of nature in its many 

varied manifestations.— Coiidenset? // om Bram 

halVs " Hoiv to See Niagara.'''' 

To Michigan Central Railroad Points and Return. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

I 7 Michigan Central R. R. to destination. 
Return same Route. 
Niagara Falls, N. Y., limited thirty days. $ 12 35 $ 14. 85 % 23.50 

Suspension Bridge, N. Y., limited thirty days. 12.25 14.85 23.40 

Buffalo, N. Y., limited thu-ty days. 12 60 14-85 23.50 

To Chautauqua Lake, N. Y., and Return. 
Form 38-17. 
I 8 Michigan Central R. R. to Detroit. 

D. & C. S. N. Co. Steamer to Cleveland. 
L. S. & M. S. Ry. to Brockton. 
Chautauqua Lake Ry. to Chautauqua. 

Return same Route. * 8 50 20.00 

Form 28-10. 
I 9 Michigan Central R. R. to Detroit. 

D. & C. S. N. Co. Steamer to Cleveland. 
N. Y., L. E. & W. Ry to Jamestown. 
People's Line Steamers to Chautauqua. 

Return same Route. * 8.50 •■;.. 20.00 

* Basing rates only. 



THE ADIRONDACKS. 

A N American artist, traveling in Europe, wrote home that, after having 
-^^^ traveled all over Switzerland, and the Rhine and Rhone regions, he had 
not met with scenery which, "judged from a purely artistic point of view, 
combined so many beauties in connection with such grandeur as the lakes, moun- 
tains, and forests of the Adirondack region presented to the gazer's eye/' 

This great wilderness of mountain and valley, lake and forest, within a few 
hours"' ride of the most populous Eastern cities, was, within a few years, very diffi- 
cult of access, and but little explored. New York has recently made it a State 
Reservation or Park. Lines of rail surround it, sending out here and there little 
branches to pierce its fastnesses, while the echoes of its solitudes are awakened 
by the rumble of the great old-fashioned stage-coaches on its mountain roads. 
The mountains rise from a plateau some 2,000 feet above the sea-level, extending 
for 150 miles between Lakes George and Champlain, and the St. Lawrence River. 

There are more than five hmidred mountains in the Adirondack region, 
wild and savage, and covered with primitive forests, save the highest peaks, 
whose rocky summits rise above the tree-hne, and are covered only by mosses, 
grasses and dwarf Alpine plants. The loftiest of these is Mount Tahawus, rising 
5,337 feet above the sea-level. In the valleys between lie more than a thousand 
lakes and ponds, "all lovely and romantic in everything except their names, 
and the scenery they offer, in combination with the towering mountains, and the 
old and savage forest, is not surpassed on earth,'" resembling in its natural 
features that of Switzerland and the Scottish Highlands. These lakes are con- 
nected oy an intricate system of water-courses, enabUng the canoeist, by more 
or less frequent "carries,'' to traverse the whole region. Deer and other 
game are abundant, and salmon-trout and brook-trout swarm in the waters. 

The Adirondacks may be entered from the lake region of the west, the St. 
Regis region on the north, the Upper Hudson on the south, and the Champlain 
coast on the east. The first is accessible from numerous points on the line of 
the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad from Utica to Watertown, and 
the second by the White Mountain train of the same line from Niagara Falls and 
Suspension Bridge, from which the traveler will disembark at Moira, whence the 
Northern Adirondack Railroad will take him to Paul Smith's, the most famous 
hostelry of the wilderness. From this point he will readily reach the head- 
waters and lakes of the Saranac, St. Regis, and Raquette. From Chateaugay, 
beyond IMoira, stages run to the Lower and Upper Chateaugay Lakes on the 
road to the Saranac, while but a mile and a half below the station is the Chateau- 
gay Chasm, whose wild gorges, towering cliffs, and snowy cascades rival those 
of Watkins Glen and the Au Sable; and at Rouse's Point connection is made 
with the DelaAvare & Hudson, which follows the western shore of Lake Cham- 
plain to Lake George and Saratoga. 

From the south the most picturesque points may be easily reached by 
"the D. & H." from Schenectady or Albany, via Saratoga and Lake George. 

Fifteen miles from Schenectady, we come to Ballston Spa, with its valu- 
able saUne springs. In a few minutes more we reach Saratoga Springs, the 
most popular and fashionable resort on the continent. The village, which is 
exceedingly beautiful, has a resident population of twelve thousand, and a 
summer iDopulation often of five times that number. It claims, with much justice, 
to offer more attractions than any other watering-place in the world, and 
is charmingly located, surrounded by beautiful scenery. There are twenty- 
eight springs in the village, no two precisely alike; the hotels are colossal and 

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The Chateaugay Cahsm. 



TJie Adirondacks. 31 

magnificent, the boarding houses numerous and excellent, and the facilities for 
amusement illimitable. The Avalks and drives are full of interest, that to the 
beautiful Saratoga Lake, four miles distant, over a fine macadamized road, 
divided in the center by a row of shade trees, being the most noted. 

A narrow-gauge raih'oad, ten miles long, runs to the summit of Moimt Mc- 
Gregor, which affords extended views of the valley of the Hudson, and the 
battle-fields of Bemis Heights and Saratoga. The main line of "theD. & H." 
runs south to Albany, and the Adirondack Railroad follows the upper Hudson to 
TSTorth Creek, fifty-seven mUes from Saratoga, whence stages run tMrty miles 
further to Blue Mountain Lake. The little steamers will take the tom'ist through 
Blue Mountain, Raquette, and Forked Lakes, whence he may retiu'n either 
by the same route or by the semi-weekly stage. At Hadley, passengers leave 
the train for Lake Luzerne, just across the Hudson ; and at Riverside trains are 
met by stages for the lovely Schi'oon Lake, seven miles distant. From North 
Creek stages also run to Tahawus, Newcomb, and Long Lake, in the very heart 
of the mountains. 

Seventeen miles northeast of Saratoga, "the D. & H.*' crosses the Hudson at 
Fort Edward, Avhence a branch diverges, via Glens Falls, to Caldw^ell, on Lake 
Greorge. One may descend this loveliest of lakes, to Baldwin, the terminus of 
another branch, which joins the main line at Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. 

Twenty-eight miles beyond is Westport, the chief gateway of the Achron- 
dacks, for from this point stages run through the moimtain vaUeys to Elizabeth- 
to-mi, a delightful summer resort amid singularly pictm-esque and impressive 
scenery, and a center from which several importfint stage routes diverge; Keene 
Valley, Lake Placid, and Saranac, Schroon, Harris and Long Lakes. These 
stage rides are most dehghtful, for the roads are generally good, and at all halt- 
ing jplaces the accommodations, though sometim.es primitive, are almost invaria- 
bly clean and comfortable. The view from Hurricane Mountain, which is easily 
ascended from the Elizabethtovvm side, is one of the finest to be had. 

Instead of retui-ning by the same route, the tourist will do well to make the 
circuit by Whiteface Mountain and Au Sable Forks to Au Sable Station, where 
the branch raih'oad may be taken around by Plattsburg to Port Kent. From 
this point it is but a few miles to Au Sable Chasm, whose graceful falls and rocky 
walls afford some of the wildest and most impressive scenes east of the Rocky 
Mountains. If the wilderness be entered from the north, the route will, of course, 
be reversed, and the exit made at "Westport. 

But a mile or so from KeeseviUe, near the Au Sable Chasm, is Birmingham 
Falls, where the Au Sable descends about thirty feet into a semicircular basin 
of great beauty, and a mile farther down are the Great Falls, a hunch-ed and 
fifty feet high, surrounded by scenery of the wildest descrij)tion. Below this the 
stream grows narrower and deeper, and rushes rapidly through the chasm, 
where, at the narrowest point, a wedged bowlder cramps the channel to a width 
of only five or. six feet. From the main stream branches run at right angles 
through fissures, down one of which, between almost perpendicidar rocks a 
hundi-ed feet high, hangs an equally steep stairway of over two hvmdred steps, 
the bottom of which is a narrow platform of rock forming the floor of the fissure. 

The Au Sable heads in Wihnington Notch, and its entire vaUey is extremely 
interesting and picturesque. Near the village of Wilmington is Whiteface, 
second only to Tahawus in height, and much easier of ascent. At the foot of the 
mountain on the southwest is Lake Placid, one of the loveliest lakes of the Wil- 
derness, and from which one of the best views of Whiteface is obtained. Lake 
Placid is a favorite summer resort, and but a few hours drive over a pictiu'esque 





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The Adirondacks. 



road from Martin's, a large and famous hotel on the Lower Saranac. This is a 
beautiful lake, six or seven miles long, studded with islands, and connected by 
Saranac Eiver with Roimd Lake and Upper Saranac Lake. On the latter is 
Bartletfs, another old and much frequented hostelry. 

Adu'ondack Lodge, at the northern entrance of the famous Indian Pass, is 
but a few miles from Lake Placid, while Lake Henderson, at the southern 
entrance, is reached by stage from North Creek. 

From Plattsburg the Chateaugay Railroad runs to Lyon Moimtain, Loon,, 
Lake, and Saranac Lake, seventy-three miles west, on the northern, 
slope of the plateau. Connection is made with the Lake ChamplainJ 
steamers at Ticonderoga, Port Kent, and Plattsburg, and with the 
Central Vermont Raih-oad at Rouse's Point, fifty miles south of^ 
Montreal. 




Paul Smith's, on the St. Regis. 

Koutes and Kates to 
Burlington, Vt. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 34-84. 

20 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Schenectady. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Caldwell. 
Lake George Steamers to Baldwin. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Ft. Ticonderoga. 
Lake Champlain Steamers to Burlington. 

Smgle Trip $19. H $20.45 $26-34 

Form 75-36. 

2 I Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to destination. 

Plattsburgh, N. Y. Single Trip 17 45 1845 2005 

Forms 34-81 and 34-85. 

22 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Schenectady. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to destination. 

CaldAvell (Lake George), N. Y. Single Trip 14.74 16. 05 20 94 

Plattsburgh, ' " " " 17 24 18.55 23.44 

Saratoga, " " " 1334 1465 1954 

Westport, " " '* J6.04 17-35 32 24 




Scenes on "The D. & H." from Montreal to Albany. 
(34) 



The Adirondacks. 35 

Koutes and Rates to Saratoga, N. Y. , 

No Round-Trip Tickets loill be sold to Saratoga. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 75-33. 

23 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Saratoga. $21 . 50 $22 . 50 $24 . 50 

Form 75-26. 

24 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Baldwin. 
Lake George Steamers to Caldwell. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Saratoga. 23-50 24.50 26.50 

Form 75-13. 

25 Choice of Routes 76, 77, and 82 to 90, inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82, and 88, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Saratoga. 21.50 22-50 24.50 

Form 75-13. 

26 Choice of Routes, 76, 77, and 82 to 90 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82, and 88, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 
Delaware 8c Hudson Canal Co. R. R. or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Baldwin. 
Lake George Steamers to Caldwell. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Saratoga. 23-50 24-50 26.50 

Form 75-35. 

2 7 Choice of Routes 76, 77, and 82 to 90 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82, and 88, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Johns. 
Central Vermont Ry. to Rutland. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Saratoga. 21.50 22.50 24-50 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used ; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 

For Side Trips, see page 79, 



36 



THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 



A T Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge, the Michigan Central connects with 
-^^ the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad for the Thousand Islands, 
Alexandi'ia Bay, and the St. Lawrence River. Most through-travelers prefer 
taking the night train, (which connects with the Michigan Central Atlantic Express 
from Chicago), not only on account of the greater speed, but because ample oppor- 
tunity is given to see Niagara Falls by daylight, and the least interesting part of 
the jom'ney is made by night. Through sleepers are run on this fast Steamboat 
Express, landing passengers early in the morning at Clayton, on the dock of the 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, and enabling them, without loss of 




Entrance to Lake of the Thousand Islands. 



time, to make the trip through the Thousand Islands, and down the Rapids, by 
dayhght, and reach Montreal before dark. 

Those who have leisure to tarry a little en route, and explore this fascinating 
region, will either stop over at Clayton or make their headquarters at Alexandria 
Bay, or at Roimd Island, or at Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island. Most 
excellent hotels wiU be found at all these points, and all afford unlimited opportu- 
nities for boating, sailing, fishing or other forms of pleasming. A delightful 
trip may be had by taking the Island Wanderer, which plys on an intricate 
route between Alexandria Bay, Thousand Island Park, Round Island Park, Gan- 
anoque, and Westminster Park, through tortuous channels, and amidst the 
islands of innumerable shapes, sizes and character; but to hire a boat and 
wander at ooe's owji sweet wijl through the mazes of this marvelous archipelago, 



The St. Lawrence River. 



37 



results in the highest and most unalloyed enjoyment. There are more than 
eighteen hundred of these islands, many of them but a few feet of granite rock, 
or with but a single tree laving its branches in the cool waters, and others of a 
thousand acres in area. Some are bare, some verdant and grass-grown, others 
thickly umbrageous with forest trees, and shelving beaches of sand or shingle, 
alternate with precipitous cliffs rising sheer from the channel. Many of these 
islands are adorned by buildiags in every style, from the modest smnmer cot- 




The Thousand Islands, near Alexandria Bay. 

tage to the magnificent villa and imposing caravansary ; and nmnerous simimer- 
resort, fishing and canoe associations and clubs have then* headquarters here. 
Game is sufficiently abxuidant at no great distance, and the cold, green waters 
fairly swarm with the gamy muskallonge, the bass, the sahnon-trout, and other 
members of the finny tribe. 

Leaving Alexandi'ia Bay, which is but twelve miles below Clayton, on one 
of the fine steamers of the Richeheu & Ontario Navigation Company, the tourist 



58 



Summer Tours. 



enjoys g, view of most of the Thousand Islands, which, commencing near Clay- 
ton, end with the Three Sisters, near Brockville and Morristown. Although the 
islands below Alexandria Bay are not so attractive as those above, the scenery 
generally is of a wild and interesting nature. 

Brockville (thirty-six miles), the terminus of a branch of the Canadian 
Pacific, is a substantial tOAvn of 7,000 inhabitants, with numerous fine private 
properties along the rugged river front, and is the prettiest city between Mont- 
real and Toronto. Immediately opposite is Morristown. Ogdensburg (forty- 
eight miles), at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, is the largest and most affluent 
town in Northern New York, and is the junction point of the Rome, Watertown 
& Ogdensburg, the Utica & Black River, and Central Vermont Railroads, and is 




The Lachine Rapids. 

largely engaged in manufacturing and internal commerce. It has pleasant 
vistas through its beautiful maples, and an interesting history. The comming- 
ling of the deep brown waters of the Oswegatchie with the clear green of the 
St. Lawrence is a curious sight. Opposite is the solid-looking little town of 
Prescott, terminus of a branch line of the Canadian Pacific running to Ottawa, 
the Dominion Capital. Below are the first of a series of rapids, Les Gallopes 
and the Rapide de Plat, not particularly exciting, but serving as preludes to 
the greater ones to come. 

Leaving Dickinson's Landing, the steamer turns oiit into the swift current, 
and a mile ahead may be seen the white stormy waters of the Long Sault, 
stretching from shore to shore. There is a sudden cessation of the engine's 
pulsations, and we feel the strength of the current. We enter the vast expanse of 



TJie St. Lawrence River. 39 

broken waters, and, glancing at the shore, note the great rapidity of our passage. 
In front is a vast billow, seemingly motionless as a wall, of the beautiful deep 
emerald hue we noted at Niagara, and we hold our breath as the steamer cleaves 
its way, only to meet a second, a third, a fourth beyond it. There are several 
miles of swift water yet to come, but the passage of the raging billows of the 
rapids is over in three minutes. 

Eleven miles below Dickinson's we pass Cornwall, the termmus of the ship 
canal around the rapids, and four miles farther, on the right bank, we see the 
Indian village of St. Regis bisected by the international boundary line, and take 
our leave of the United States. Dinner is annoimced as the steamer emerges on 
the broad Lake St. Francis, twenty-five miles in length. On leaving it we dash 
do\^^l the Coteau Rapids, two miles long, the Cedars, three miles, the Split Rock, 
most formidable of all these, and the Cascades. Then we cross the twelve miles 
of Lake St. Louis, into which are poui-ed the muddy waters of the Ottawa, at 
the head of the Island of Montreal. From Lachine we see the bold outline 
of Mount Royal against the sky, and the snowy breastwork of the Lachine 
Rapids across our path. Opposite the Iroquois village of Caughnawaga the 
paddles cease to revolve, and the Indian pilot cUmbs on board from his 
bateau and takes command at the wheel. Do-mi the steep declivity of foam, 
with rocks and reefs and sunken ledges in front and on either hand, we plunge 
with an arrow's speed. This side and that the steamer swerves and sweeps, 
escaping destruction time and again by a hau-'s breadth. At last, as we glide 
imder the great Victoria Tubular Bridge, above the city, we release the tension 
of nerves and muscles, and marvel at the skill and com'age that has guided us 
safely through the perils of the descent. The danger, however, is much more 
apparent than real, for no accidents have ever happened. 

Routes and Rates to St. Iiawrence River Resorts. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 34-301. 

28 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, Wateitown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co.'s Steamers to destination. 
Form 34-35. 

29 Mchigan Central R. R. to BufEalo C^ia Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Syracuse. 
Rome, "Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richeheu & Ontario Navigation Co.'s Steamers to destination. 
Alexandi'ia Bay, N. Y. Single Trip $12. 45 $13 45 $18 • 00 

Round " 21 10 23.10 30.00 

BrockviUe, Ont. Single " 1285 13.85 18 00 

Round '= 21.45 23.45 30.00 

Kingston, " Single " 12.45 13.45 18 00 

" Round " 2110 23.10 3000 

" Montreal, Que. Single " 15.75 16.75 18 00 

" Round " 2575 27.75 33.00 

Ogdensburg, N. Y. Single " 1315 14.15 1800 

Round " 21.95 23.95 31.00 

Prescott, Ont. Smgle " 13.15 T4.15 18.00 

Round " 2195 2395 31.00 

Quebec, Que. Single " 18 25 19.25 2050 

" '• Round " 2825 3025 38.00 



40 



Summer Tours. 



To Besorts on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. 

Eoute. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 34-16. 
30 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 

Rome, "Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to destination. 

Form 34-31. 

3 I Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Syracuse. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to destination. 

Cape Vincent, N. Y. Single Trip $12.45 $13.45 $18. 00 

" Round " 21 10 2310 30.00 

Clayton, " Single " 12 45 13.45 18.00 

Round " 21.10 2310 30.00 

Massena Springs, " Single " 14-45 15.45 19.15 

Round " 24.60 26 60 3300 

Ogdensburg, " Single " 13.15 14 15 18.00 

" Round " 2195 23.95 31.00 

To Central Vermont R. R. (O. & L. C. Div.) Resorts. 
Rouse's Point, N. ¥., and. Return. 
Form 34-174 R. T. T. 

32 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 

Returning — 
Central Vermont R. R. to Norwood. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Lewiston. 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 28 -75 30 • 75 35 . 00 

Form 34-194. 

33 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Norwood. 
Central Vermont R. R. (O. & L. C. Div.) to destination. 




Tlie St. Lawrence River. 



41 



Route. Destination and Form. Fi-om Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 34-41. 

34 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Syracuse. 
Rome, Watertowjc & Ogdensburg R. R. to Norwood. 
Central Vermont R. R. (O. & L. C. Div.) to destination. 

Chateaugay, N. Y. Single Trip $15.70 $16 70 $1990 

Roimd " .... 28.00 30 00 3500 

Malone, " Single " 15-35 1635 19.85 

Round " 25 00 2700 3465 

Moira, " Single " 14.70 1570 19.40 

Round " 2500 2700 33.80' 

Rouse's Point, " Single " 16.70 17.70 19.90 

Round " 2800 3000 35.00 



VERMONT RESORTS. 

rpHE Central Vermont is the key to the Green Mountains and other numerous 
-*- summer resorts of Vermont, as the Michigan Central is to Niagara Falls. 
The Green Mountains are overshadowed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ in the popular 
mind by the superior altitude of their^^^^"^ - /^^^^^^ white brothers 
of the Granite State, but are little ^^r j^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ss pictur- 

esque and interesting, and j^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ '^611 re- 

pay exploration. Theu' gentler mT ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ slopes 

and greater fertility, owing H ^ Ji ^^^^^^^k to their 

calcareous formation, give a M .^^^mg^ ^^^^^^^^M gener- 

ally softer beauty to the W^^^^J^f J^^^^^^ll land- 

scape that is _^s^^^^g-_ li^^'"" "" "^^^^^ili very 

charm- ..^^^^^^^^^^^^^IP^ - ^^^^jfe^lvl ing. 




St. Albans may be termed the 
gate- way to the entire region, reached 
'by the Ogdensburg and Lake Cham- 
plain Division of the Central Vermont, 
over which run the through palace 
sleeping cars from Chicago to Portland, 
from Montreal. (See pages 45 and 71.) 
It is a characteristic Yankee town — neat, 
thrifty, and attractive, with a spacious and rarely beautiful 
park, shaded by lofty elms, and containing the finest fountain in New England. 
The upper part of the town overlooks Lake Champlain, with the Adirondacks 
rising grandly beyond. 

Burlington, farther south, is delightfully situated on a hill which rises from 
the very shores of Lake Champlain, and commands a wide view of water and 



4S 



Summer Tours. 



landscape, and one of the most beautiful in the writer's recollection. The fme; 
buildings of the University of Vermont stand on the crest of a hill near by ; and 
in the cemetery is a granite monument to Ethan Allen, the captor of Fort Ticon- 
deroga. The drives and walks about Burlington are romantically beautiful, and 
delightful excm-sions by water are afforded by the steamers that ply the lake— 




' ' A lake asleep in the sunset beams ; 
And, half conceahng 
And half revealing, 
Floats over all a veil of mist 
Pale tinted with rose and amethyst ! " 
Continuing southward on this division of the line, we reach Rutland, near 
which are fifteen or twenty quarries, the fine white and variegated marbles of 
which have made the little city famous. 

Bellows Falls is the terminus of the Rutland Division, where, on the banks of 
the Connecticut River, connection is made with the main line running south from 
White River Junction, and with the Cheshii-e Raih-oad to Boston. 



Vermont Resorts. 4B 

Following the main liae from Essex Junction, just north of Burlington, and 
the lovely Winoski Valley, MontpeUer, the capital of the State, is soon reached. 
Nestled beneath high, verdant hills, it is one of the most beautiful of New Eng- 
land towns. Its cruciform granite State House, surmounted by a dome one hun- 
dred and twenty-four feet high, is one of the finest in the country. It is a quiet, 
restful, beautiful spot in which to spend a summer vacation. 

Mount Mansfield, nearly five thousand feet high, is the principal attraction 
of this region, and is most conveniently reached from Stowe, nine miles north 
of the railroad station at Waterbury. Unlike Mount Washington, Mansfield is 
not one of a group of surroundiug peaks, but is an isolated elevation, from the 
summit of which the view east to the White Moimtains and west to the Adiron- 
dacks is unobstructed for a hundred miles. The landscape spread out below 
like a vast pictiu-e is beautiful as it is extensive. Vehicles can ascend by easy 
grades to the very top, shaded by fine old forest trees. The neighborhood 
of Stowe affords a multitude of other charmiag resorts httle known to the out- 
side world. 

"The charms of the beautiful vaUey of the Connecticut," says W. C. Rich- 
ards, in Picturesque America, " have so often been described, that all persons of 
intelhgence iu this country must have some knowledge of them. Among the 
hills of New Hampshire and Vermont, the queen of our New England rivers takes 
its rise." On one of its head- waters stands the town of St. Johnsbury, prettily 
environed by green lulls, where the Boston & Maine, from Montreal and New- 
port, joins the Central Vermont from the west. It is a pleasant resort, combin- 
ing rm'al quietude with manuf actm-iug industry and Yankee thrift. 

Farther down the river, past Wells River, where the Boston & Maine again 
meets the Central Vermont, and Newbury, where Moose HUl rises finely above 
the broad meadows, are the pleasant villages of Haverhill, Orf ord, and White 
River Junction, where the mountains look down on the gently flowing sti'eara. 
Near by is Hanover, the seat of Dartmouth College, of which Webster and Choate 
were alumni, standing back a httle from the river bank. Lower down are 
Windsor, with charming, wide, shaded streets, and picturesque Claremont, on 
both of which Mount Ascutney looks down from its granite heights. Still farther 
south is Bellows Falls, where the Boston & Maine meets the main fine of the 
Central Vermont from Burlington and Rutland, and the Cheshire Railroad leading 
to Boston. The falls or rapids extend for nearly a mile along the base of a pre- 
cipitous mountain, the water dashing wildly through the chasm and striking 
with prodigious force on the rocks below. 

To Central Vermont B. R. Resorts. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 75-53. 

35 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 or 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Johns. 
Central Vermont R. R. to destination. 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, S3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 



44 



Summer Tours. 



Route. 



Destination and Form. 



From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 



Forms 34-41; 34-194. 

36 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Central Vermont R. R. to destination. 



37 



38 



39 



Form 75-54. 

Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 or 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Grand Trunk Ry. to St. Johns. 
Central Vermont Ry. to destination. 

Form 34-175 K. T. T. 
Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Grand Trimk Ry. to St. Johns. 
Central Vermont R. R. to destination. 

Returning — 
Central Vermont R. R. to Norwood. 
Rome, "Watertown & Ogdensbiu-g R. R. to Lewiston. 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 
Bellows Falls, Vt. Single Trip $22 . 25 



U C( 


Round 


Biu-lington, ' 


Single 


11 1 


Round 


Montpelier, ^ ' 


Single 


It 1 


Roimd 


Rutland, ' 


Single 


11 1 


Round 


St. Albans, ' 


' Single 


11 1 


Round 


White River June, ' 


' Single 


11 1 


' Round 



33.00 
1835 
28.25 
19 20 
30. 60 
20.60 
31 50 
17. 25 
26.50 
21 15 
32.50 



35 
19 
30 
20 
32. 
21 
33 
18 
28 
22 
34 



$24.65 
38.00 
21.60 
36. 00 
22 55 
36 50 
23. 95 
36 50 
20.50 
35 00 
24 65 
37. 50 



Boston & Maine R. B. Resorts. 



Form 76-49. 

Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 

Choice of Routes 76, 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to Newport. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to destination. 

St. Johnsbury, Vt. Single Trip 20 . 05 



"Wells River, 

It 

"White River June, 



21. 05 
34.00 
21.75 
34.00 
22. 15 
34. 50 



23 05 
37. 50 
23.75 
37.50 
21. 65 
37.50 



Round " 32 00 

Smgle " 20.75 

Round " 32 00 

Single " 21.15 

Round " 32.50 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 



.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 



THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. 

THAT experienced English traveler and famous novelist, Anthony Trollppe, 
frankly confessed that he had no idea "that there was a district in New- 
England containing mountain scenery superior to much that is yearly crowded by 
tourists in Europe, that this is to be reached with ease by railways and stage- 
coaches, and that it is dotted with huge hotels almost as thickly as they he in 
Switzerland. ' ' Neither have most Americans, though nearly every eastward trav- 
eler has the White Mountains for hi'^ objective point If h^ has, never seen them, 
he desires to satisfy one ot the great longnigs ot his hfe Vnd h< - uig seen them he 




Mount Washington, from Jefferson. 

ever afterward wishes to repeat his delightful experiences, chmb again the 
glorious peaks, explore still farther the mountain solitudes, and penetrate yet 
deeper the wild ravines and picturesque valleys of this marvelous region. 

From the West he wiU take the Michigan Central and Canadian Pacific all- 
rail route to Montreal (page 71), or the St. Lawrence route to the same point 
(page 36). Thence by the Southeastern and Passumpsic Railways to Fabyans, 
via Newport and St. Johnsbury. A third route is by the direct aU-rail line to 
Boston (page 54) and then northward; and a fourth is by the all-rail line of the 
Rome, Watertowa & Ogdensburg from Niagara Falls (page 22) running Wagner 
jPalace Buffet Sleeping Cars through without change from Chicago to Fabyans 

(45) 



46 



Summer Tours. 



and Portland, At Norwood, where the night train from the Falls stops for 
breakfast, connection is made with the Central Vermdht Railroad. 

The scenery becomes wilder and more pictm:"esque as we pierce fm-ther into 
the great north woods and the masses of distant moimtains become visible on 
the horizon. From Moira a branch railroad has been constructed to pierce the 
Adirondacks, rimning to Paul Smith's Station within seven miles of that 




Mts Washington and Adams. 



famous hostelry of the wilderness on the St. Regis. From Chateaugay stages 
run to the Lower and Upper Chateaugay Lakes, on the road to the famed Sara- 
nac, while but a mile and a half below is the wild Chateaugay Chasm, its tower- 
ing, gloomy cliffs and snowy cascades rivaling those of Watkins' Glen and the 
Au Sable. At Rouse's Point connection is made with the Delaware & Hudson 
Canal Company's Railroad, which follows the western shore of Lake Champlain 
to Lake George and Saratoga. (Page 33.) 



The White Mountains. 47 

Vistas of the lake and its indented bays and wooded islands and the blue 
mountains beyond meet the eye at every turn. On the other hand rise the 
rounded masses of the Green Mountains until the passage through their gaps 
reveals the majestic " Presidential Range'' of the White Mountains, with Mount 
Washington towering grandly above the surroimding peaks as the distance 
lessens and the soft shades and outlines become severe and rugged. There is a 
constant succession of attractive, thrifty villages, modest inns, and grand hotels, 
varying views of the granite peaks, clear, rippling streams emerging from dark 
gorges and disappearing in verdant vales, everywhere enticing the traveler to 
linger amid their beauties. Our through cars run through St. Johnsbury t^ 
Lunenburg, and thence to Portland over the Maine Central Railroad. 

At 'V\Tiitefield, a few miles beyond Lunenburg, Moimt Garfield and several 
other high peaks are seen on the right. From Hazen's Junction a branch 
road i*uns to Jefferson, which is in some sense a rival of Bethlehem on account 
of its elevated situation, pm-e air, and general healthfulness. SulTerers from 
hay-fever and catarrhal complaints here find instantaneous relief. The outlook 
from Jefferson HUl, upon the "Presidential Range," with Mounts Adams and 
Jefferson in the foreground, is extremely grand; and Starr King declared that 
this place "may, without exaggeration, be called the ultima Thule of grandeur 
in an artist's pilgrimage among the New Hampshire Mountains, for at no other 
point can he see the White Hills themselves in such array and force." 

At Wing Road, six miles beyond Whitefield, the White Movmtain branch of 
the Boston & Lowell diverges from the main line up the Ammonoosuc "Valley. 
A fine view of Mount Lafayette and the twin Mountains is had from the station. 
Four miles up the branch is Bethlehem Jimction. A narrow-gauge road diverges 
here four miles to the chief Eastern hay-fever resort, Bethlehem, a beautiful 
little village lying on the Lower Ammonoosuc River, 1,450 feet above the sea, in 
the evening shadows of Mount AgassLz. "No village," said Starr King, "com- 
mands so grand a iDanoramic view. The whole horizon is fretted with momit- 
ains." A carriage road has been built to the summit of Mount Agassiz, and the 
walk is but a mile and three-quarters. Another narrow-gauge runs ten miles to 
the Profile House, near the north end of the Franconia Notch, and in the 
immediate vicinity of Profile, Echo, and Moran Lakes, Eagle Cliff, Lafayette, 
Bald and Cannon Mountains, the Flume, the Pool, the Basin, and the Profile of 
the Old Man of the Mountain. The ten-mile walk or the stage-coach ride 
through the Notch is a most delightful one, flanked as it is by the grand mount- 
ains and precipices and the tumbling waters upon either hand all the way from 
the Profile House to North Woodstock, where the tourist may take the Pemi- 
gewasset Valley branch of the Boston & Lowell down to the main line at 
Plymouth, twenty iniles distant. From Campton Village a magnificent view 
opens up Mad River VaUey with TrijDyi'amid and Sandwich Dome in the 
distance. 

Continuing southward on the main Une from Wing Road, the train descends 
the valley of the Ammonoosuc, stopping at Littleton, a pretty town of 3,000 
people, whence stages run six miles to Franconia in the valley south of Mount 
Agassiz; Lisbon, with 2,000 inhabitants and good hotels (for that matter good 
hotels and excellent boarding houses with very reasonable rates abound through- 
out this region); Bath, whence stages run to Swiftwater and other points up 
the wild Ammonoosuc, to Woodsville, where the Connecticut is reached, and 
where connection is made across the river at Wells River Avith the Passumpsic 
and Montpeher & Wells River roads. For eight milesto HaverhUl the views of 
the winding Connecticut, bordered by rich intervales and iijclosed by hills and 



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Summer Tours. 



mountains, are exceedingly picturesque. For several miles farther, as the 
grade is ascended near East Haverhii. one sees Black Mountain and Sugar 
Loaf on the left, and ahead the lofty riap'e of Moosilauke with the hotel on the 
summit. Passing Warren Summit, mo: j than a thousand feet above the sea, 
the view increases in beauty and grand 3ur as we glide down to Warren, whence 
stages run to Mount Moosilauke, one of the grandest and most easily ascended 
view points in the State. There are more than a himdred brooks in the town 
with numerous fine cascades, and fifty miles of trout fishing. Passing Mount 
Carr, near Wentworth, and the Graton Hills beyond, we continue the descent of 
Baker's River to its junction with the Pemigewasset at Plymouth, high hills and 
mountains rising on both sides of the track all the way. Plymouth is an impor- 




Through The Crawford Notch in Observation Cars. 



tant town, the chief dining station on the line and the junction of the Pemi- 
gewasset branch to the Franconia Notch. It is quite a famous and popular 
resort, and is located in the midst of beautiful scenery. The intervales here are 
broad and picturesque, with beautiful scattered elms. 

The Weirs is the landing place of the Lake Winnepesaukee steamer, Lady 
of the Lake, which meets all express trains at the station, and plies to Centre 
Harbor, at the head of the lake, and Wolfboro, on the eastern side. This charm- 
ing tour of the lake should in no wise be omitted, even if the tourist does not 
visit the sequestered loveliness of Squam Lake, or climb the height of Red Hill 
and Ossipee Mountain for the magnificent views that will well reward Ms efforts, 



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The White Mountains. ■ 49 

The crystal waters of Winnepesaiikee ("The Smile of the Great Spirit'") reflect 
the shadows of several baldmoimtaLns, and surround nearlj^SOO islands of various 
sizes. Crossing the outlet of the lake, we come to Laconia, another favorite 
resort on the pictiu-esque shores of Lake Winnesquam. Eighteen miles further, 
we come to Concord, the beautiful Capital of the State, and an important rail- 
road center, only seventy-five miles from Boston. 

Seven miles above Whitefield, on the Maine Central, is the Twin Mountain 
House, a famous hostelry. Five miles beyond is Fabyans, but six miles from the 
base of Mount Washington, and the central point of the White Mountain region, 
from which all others may be easily and conveniently reached. Half-way to the 
base of Mount Washington are the Upper Ammonoosuc Falls, worthy of a long 
visit. From Ammonoosuc station to the summit it is three miles by the wonder- 
ful Mount Washington Railway, which has an average grade of 1,300 feet to the 
mile. It takes an hour and a half to make the ascent, the view constantly expand- 
ing and gaining in beauty and sublimity; but the descent is accomplished much 
more rapidly, and both in perfect safety. Only Starr King has given an adequate 
statement of the magnificent scene from the summit, 6,293 feet above the sea, 
and his detailed description is imquotable. Across the Great Gulf are seen the 
massive peaks of Jefferson, Adams, and Madison; and to the southwest the 
scarcely less elevations of Monroe, Frankhn, Clinton, Jackson, and Webster. 
Katahdin and Monadnock are seen in the distance, and Winnipesaukee gleams in 
the sunhght. On the opposite side from the railway one may descend the car- 
riage-road to the Glen House on the left, or into Tuckerman's Ravine on the 
right, often finding snow arches still remaining in its wild recesses. 

Leaving Fabyans, we pass through the Crawford Notch in "observation 
cars,'" open at the sides, and furnished with revolving seats, affording a pano- 
ramic view of scenery remarkable for beauty, variety, and grandem*. The view 
from Mount wniard, at the gate of the Notch, near Crawford's, TroUope declared 
to be unequaled in all the classic Rhineland; and Bayard Taylor wrote: "It can 
not be surjpassed in Switzerland. ' ' Near by are Hitchcock's Flume, Saco, Ethan's 
and Howe's Ponds; Gibbs', Ripley's, and Arethusa Falls, andBeecher's Cascades. 
At Glen Station connection is made with the stage line for the Glen House, up 
Ellis River Valley, and thi'ough Pinkham Notch. North Conway, thu'ty-one 
miles from Fabyans, is a village of many attractions and great j)opulainty , in the 
lovely intervales near Kearsarge Moimtain. Passing down the smiling vaUey of 
the Saco, and through Fryeburg, we skirt the wooded shore and sandy beach of 
Sebago Lake, and soon reach Portland, Longfellow's "beautiful city by the 
sea.'" Here we may take steamer or rail for Old Orchard Beach, Mount Desert 
and Bar Harbor, Eastport, and other resorts on the coast of Maine and the 
maritime provinces, although there are abundant incentives to tarry in this 
charming city, from the heights of which you overlook one of the lovehest bays 
on the whole Atlantic coast, studded with granite islands upon which dash the 
ocean waves. 

Bar Harbor is the most popiilar and best known of all the Maine coast 
resorts, and deservedly so. It is located on the Island of Mount Desert, in French- 
man's Bay. The through sleeping-car from Chicago, via the Michigan Central, 
connects, in the magnificent new depot of the Maine Central in Portland, with 
through trains for Bar Harbor, 180 miles distant. 

" The island unites a striking groujD of pictm^esque features. It is surrounded 
by seas, crowned with mountains, and embosomed with lakes. Its shores are 
bold and rocky cliffs, upon which the breakers for countless centuries have 
wrought their ceaseless attrition. It affords the only instance along our 




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The White Mountains. 51 

Atlantic coast where mountaius stand in close neighborhood to the sea. Here 
in our picture are beetUng cliffs with the roar of restless breakers; far stretches 
of bay dotted with green islands ; placid mountain lakes mirroring the mountain 
precipices that tower above them ; rugged gorges clothed with primitive forests, 
and sheltered coves, where the sea- waves ripple on the shelly beach. Upon the 
shores are masses of cyclopsean rocks heaped one upon another in titanic dis- 
order, and strange caverns of maiwelous beauty; on the mountains are frightful 
precipices, M^onderf ul prospects of far-extending sea, and mazes of laud and 
water, and magnificent forests of fir and spruce. It is a union of all these 
supreme fascinations of scenery, such as nature, munificent as she is, rarely 
affords.'' 

The roads of Mount Desert are kept in good condition ; the woodland paths 
are charming ; a good wagon-road, as well as an inclined railway, leads to the 
summit of Green Mountain ; but the waters form the chief highways, upon which 
the means of locomotion are ample and varied. Bar Harbor has become a 
summer city with splendid villas of the wealthy, and immense hotels ; but also 
with modest, delightful homes and quiet boarding-houses for those who prefer 
rest and unostentation. The kaleidoscopic society here, as well as the points of 
interest, have been well depicted by Charles Dudley Warner, in Their Pilgrim- 
age, and by Mrs. Harrison, in Bar Harbor Days. 

To Boston & Maine and. Maine Central K. K. Resorts. 
Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Forms 75-40; 75-47. 
40 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 93 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 

Choice of Routes 76 or 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to Newport. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to St. Johnsbury. 

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Limenbm'g. 

Maine Central R. R. to destination. 
Forms 75-63; 34-200. 
4 I Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 

Central Vermont R. R. to S wanton. 

St. Johnsbury & Lake Chami)lain R. R. to Lunenburg. 

Maine Central R. R. to destination. 
Form 75-4 7. 
42 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 

Choice of Routes 76, 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Johns. 

Central Vermont Ry. to Montpelier. 

Montpelier & Wells River R. R. to Wells River. 

Concord & Montreal R. R. to destination. 

Bethlehem June, N. H. Single Trip 821.00 $22.00 1230) 

Round " 32.00 3400 3800 

Fabyans, " Single " 21.00 22.00 2300 

Round " 3200 3400 38 00 

Twin Mountain, " Single "'.. 2100 22 00 23.00 

Round " 32 00 3400 3800 

Add to rates quotsd fi'om Chicago, 83.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to 3Iontreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used: 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 8ti, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; Sl-60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal ^re used, 

For Side Trips, see page 79, 



52 Summer Tours. 

Route. ' Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 75-46. 

43 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 or 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to Newport. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to Wells River. 

Concord & Montreal R. R. to destination. 

Concord, N. H. Round Trip $33 00 $3500 $38 00 

Laconia, " " 33 00 3500 38 00 

Plymouth, " " 33 00 35 00 3800 

Weirs, " " 33 00 35.00 38 00 

Forms 75-4; 75-48; 75-33. 

44 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 or 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to Newport. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to St. Jolmsbury. 
St. Johnsbury & Lake Che.mplain R. R. to Lunenburg. 
Maine CJentr:ti R. R. (White Mtns. Div.) to destination. 
Fo-nus 75-63; 34-161 o 

45 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Swanton. 

St. Johnsbury & Lake Chamijlain R. R. to Lunenburg. 
Maine Central R. R. OVhite Mtns. Div.) to destination. 

North Conway, N. H. Single Trip 22 50 S3 . 50 23 . 70 

Round '• 33 00 35 00 38 00 

Portland, Me. Single " 2250 2350 23-70 

Round " 33.00 3500 3800 

Portland, Me. 
Form 75-48. 

46 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 lo 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76, 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Johns. 

Central Vermont Ry. to Montpelier. 

Montpelier & Wells River R. R. to Wells River. 

Concord & Montreal R. R. to Fabyans. 

Maine Central R. R. (A\'hite Mtns. Div.) to Portland. 

SingleTrip 22.50 23.50 23-70 

Round " 33.00 3500 38 00 

Form 75-33. 

47 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76, 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. (Quebec Div.) or Steamer to Quebec. 
Quebec Central Ry. to Sherbrooke. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to St. Johnsbury. 
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Lunenburg. 
Maine Central R. R. OVhite Mtns. Div.) to Portland. 

SmgleTrip 2600 27.03 27-20 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used, 

For Side Trips, see page 79. 



The White Mountains. - 53 

SPECIAI.. Portland, Me., and Return. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 34-1G4. 

Going — 

48 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bi'idge. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, AVatertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Claj-ton. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. Steamers to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Newport. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to St. Johnsbviry. 
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Lunenburg. 
Maine Centi-al R. R. Ophite Mtns. Div.) to Portland. 

Returning — 
Maine Central R. R. CWTiite IMtns. Div.) to Lunenburg. 
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Swanton. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Norwood. 
Rome, Waterto'RTi & Ogdensburg R. R. to Lewiston. 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. $33-75 $35.75 $38.00 

Forms 34-203 and 34-303. 

49 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Norwood. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Swanton. 
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Limenburg. 
Maine Central R. R. to destination. 

Forms 75-56 and 75-55. 

50 Choice of Routes 44, 45, and 46 to Portland. 
Maine Central R. R. to destination. 

Forms 75-51 and 75-53. 

5 i Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to GreenviUe. 
Bangor & Piscataquis R. R. to Oldtown. 
Maine Central R. R. to destination. 
Bangor, Me. Single Trip 23.50 24.50 27.95 

" Round " 37.50 39.50 4650 

Bar Harbor, " Single " 25.50 26 50 2870 

" Round " 41.50 43 50 46 50 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 




rpHE Boston & Albany enjoys the distinction of 
being the only double-track route between 
Boston and the Hudson, and of the pos- 
session of superior road- 
bed and equipment. But 
it is also the most beautiful 
route in New England, out- 
side of the White Mountain 
region. As the train climbs 
the green hills east of the 
Hudson, after crossing the 
long iron bridge from 
Albany, and before enter- 
ing the defiles beyond, the traveler has unrolled before him a panorama of 
surprising extent and loveliness. The broad valley of the Hudson for more than 
fifty miles is spread out before him like a map, the noble river gleaming in the 
sunlight, flecked with its numerous sailing and steam craft, and sometimes 
hidden from view by its green islands, bordered by velvety meadows and bright 
towns and cities, and backed by the magnificent heights of the Catskills. 

Passing out beyond the hills of the Hudson, the line reaches the Taghkanic 
Mountains, beyond Chatham; the State hne is crossed, old Greylock comes in 
sight, and the region of the Berkshire Hills is entered. From this point to the 
Connecticut River every mile of the way is of enchanting loveliness or of remark- 
able grandeur. Less elevated than many other portions of the great Appala- 
chian system, it lacks no element of beauty and picturesqueness. In the center 
of this magnificent region is 

Pittsfield, a beautiful city of 15,000 inhabitants. It has a costly and hand- 
some station, numerous fine buildings, an interesting history of a century and a 
half, and many poetic and literary associations. Extensive manufactures, 
chiefly of textile fabrics, give employment to thousands; beautiful villas abound, 
and the lofty Taconic and Hoosac Hills environ the city. A couple of miles dis- 
tant are Lakes Onota and Pontoosuc, and the hills and mountains are full of 
romantic points. The Housatonic Railroad runs southward through wonder- 
fully picturesque, and sometimes splendidly gloomy, scenery. Northward runs 
a branch of the Boston & Albany Railroad to North Adams, in the Hoosac 
Valley, famous for its glorious scenery. Near by is the marble arch of its 
Natural Bridge, and towering above the valley is the majestic Greylock, the 
highest mountain in Massachusetts, commanding a view "immense and of 
amazing grandeur." 

Leaving Pittsfield, the rocky defiles of the Hoosac Mountains are pierced, and 
the scenes of the passage of the Berkshires repeated. ' 'In approaching the summit 
level you travel bridges built a hundred feet above mountain streams, tearing 
along their deep- worn beds ; and at the ' deep cut ■■ your passage is hewn through 
solid rocks, whose mighty walls frown over you.'" Running down to Chester, we 
follow the winding course of the Pontoosuc, fretting in its rocky bed between 
the track and the precipitous granite hillsides. On, down the Westfield River, 
the mighty mountain masses seem to constantly crowd upon the vision, and the 
wooded heights and bare granite peaks contract the sky above; and, when the 
view broadens out at the lower level, there are "on every side rich valleys and 
smiling hiUsides, and, deep-set in their hollows, lovely lakes sparkle like gems." 

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Sosio?l. 



55 



We pass Pochassic Hill and Mount Tekoa on the left, and meet the broad 
meadows of the Connecticut, basking in their rich inheritance of alluvial soil 
andvmimpeded sunshine. The river is crossed on a long bridge, and we enter 

Springfield (103 miles), a handsome city of over 35,000 inhabitants, with 
extensive manufactures and fine buildings. On a park of seventy- two acres 
stands the great quadrangle of the United States Ai-mory, where nearly 800,000 
stand of arms were made during the war of the rebellion. In serried ranks are 
to be seen 175,000 guns, symmetrically arranged. 

Passing through Wilbraham, the seat of the great Wesleyan Academy and 
famous for its beautiful scenery; and Palmer, where the Ware River and New 
London Railroad diverge, we reach Worcester (1.57 miles), the second city in the 
Commonwealth, halting in the Union Railroad Station, an imposing granite 
building 514 by 256 feet, with a graceful stone clock-tower 200 feet high. AVor- 
cester boasts some noble edifices, and in her soldier's monument, designed by 




Boston & A!ba'-y Uepoi. 

Randolph Rogers, has one of the finest monumental structures in the country. 
But her chief claim is to the title of an academic city, and her greatest pride is 
in her numerous fine schools and higher educational institutions. It is also an 
important railroad center. Dummy cars and omnibuses run out to the beautiful 
and popular resorts at Lake Quinsigamond, past which we go in continuing our 
route to Boston. 

We pass Wellesley, South Framingham, the wealthy suburban city of New- 
ton, and thence the route is lined with numerous pretty suburban villages. The 
Charles River is approached on the left, the spires of Cambridge and the pop- 
ulous heights of Charlestown are seen, and a fine view is had of the compact 
and more ancient parts of Boston, before nanning into the elegant depot of the 
line on Kneeland Street, but a little distance from the city's best hotels. 

The salt sea air is grateful to the traveler's nostrils, and, after he has wan- 
dered over Boston Common, under the classic shades of Cambridge, and through 



56 Bummer Tours. 

the beautiful and altogether charming suburbs of the city, bathed in the surf at 

some of the dehghtful seaside resorts near at hand, and steeped himself in the 

historic and literary associations that every^vhere surround him, from the Old 

South Church and Faneuil Hall to Concord Bridge and Lexington Green, he is 

ready for the White Mountains, or the lovely lakes of New Hampshire and 

Maine, shadowed by green hills and lofty moimtains, and swarming with finny 

prey. The beautiful city and harbor of Portland, Bar Harbor and Mount Desert 

—grandest and most delightful of all the numerous resorts on the rock-bound 

coast of Maine— may be conveniently and speedily reached by the luxurious 

vestibuled limited trains of the Boston & Maine Railroad, or by the International 

or other coasting-steamers which ply to the ports of Maine and the maritime 

provinces. 

Koutes and Rates to Boston, Mass. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

No Round-Trip Tickets loill he sold to Boston. 
Form 34-93. 
52 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Albany. 

Boston & Albany R. R. to Boston. $17.45 $18.75 $23-65 

Form 34-88. 
63 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Schenectady. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Saratoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Rutland. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Bellows Falls. 
Cheshire R. R. to Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg R. R. to Boston. 1745 1875 23.65 

Form 75-65. 

54 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Swanton. 

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to St. Johnsbury. 
Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to "Wells River. 
Concord & Montreal R. R. to Nashua? 

Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. 23 00 24.00 24.65 

Forna 75-66. 

55 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Bellows FaUs. 
Cheshire R. R. to Fitchburg. 

Fitchbm-g R. R. to Boston. 23 00 24.00 2465 

Form 75-67. 

56 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Central Vermont R. R. to White River Junction. 
Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to Concord. 
Concord & Montreal R. R. to Nashua. 

Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. 23-00 2400 24 65 

Form 75-35. 
5 7 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Swanton. 
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Lunenburg. 
Maine Central R. R. to North Conway. 
Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. 25-50 26.50 27- 65 



Boston. 57 

iRcute. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 75-68. 

58 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R, R. to Plattsburgh. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R., or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Albany. 

Boston &. Albany R. R. to Boston. ■ ' S23 • 65 $27 . 65 S29 - 65 

Form 75-33. 

59 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R., Lake Champlain 

and Lake George Steamers to Albany. 
Boston &, Albany R. R. to Boston. 28 65 29. 65 31.65 

Form 75-1. 

60 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 98 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry to Newport. 
Boston & Maine R. R. (LoweU System) to Wells River. 
Concord & Montreal R. R. to Nashua. 

Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. 23 00 24 00 24 65 

Form 75-5. 
Q I Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Johns. 
Central Vermont R. R. to BeUows Falls. 
Cheshire R. R. to Fitchburg. 

Fitchbm-g R. R. to Boston. 23.00 24.00 24.65 

Form 75-6. 

62 CTioice of Routes 76, 77, 83 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Johns. 
Central Vermont R. R. to White River Junction. 
Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to Concord. 
Concord & Montreal R. R. to Nashua. 

Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. 23-00 24-00 24-65 

Form 75-63. 

63 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 

Central Vermont R. R. to BeUows Falls. 

Cheshire R. R. to Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg R. R. to Boston. 24.25 25.25 26.65 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, S3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 



5^ Summer ToiiH, 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicag6. 

Form 76-30. 

64 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Johns. 
Central Vermont R. R. to Montpelier. 
Montpelier & Wells River R. R. to Wells River. 
Concord & Montreal R. R. to Fabyans. 
Maine Central R. R. (White Mtns. Div.) to North Conway. 
Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. $25 . 50 $26 . 50 $27 . 65 

Form 75-3. 

65 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. to Newport. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to St. Johnsbury. 
St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Lunenburg. 
Maine Central R. R. (White Mtns. Div.) to North Conway. 
Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. 25 50 26 . 50 27 . 65 

Form 75-7. 

66 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R., or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Albany. 

Boston & Alhany R. R. to Boston. 26 .65 27 • 65 29 65 

Form 75-8. 
6 7 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 

Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R., or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Saratoga. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Rutland. 

Central Vermont R. R. to Bellows Falls. 

Cheshire R. R. to Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg R. R. to Boston. 28.65 27.65 29.65 

Form 75-17. 
68 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 

Choice of Routes 75 and 76, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. (Quebec Div.), or Steamer to Quebec. 

Quebec Central Ry. to Sherbrooke. 

Boston & Maine R. R. (Lowell System) to St. Johnsbury. 

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain R. R. to Lunenburg. 

Maine Central R. R. to North Conway. 

Boston & Maine R. R. to Boston. 29.00 30.00 3115 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, hO cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used: 7'5 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 

For Side Trips, see page 79. 




FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK- 

VIA "the NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE." 

SO rapid has been the westward movement of our population, that Chicago, 
with its more than a million inhabitants, has become practically the center 
of the Republic, to which converge a greater number of rail lines than enter any 
other American city. In this great western country all roads lead to Chicago, 
as, twenty centuries ago, aU roads led to Rome. But from Chicago eastward, 
there is but one road to be considered, for there is but one whose double Unes of 
steel lead directly to Niagara. The sapient geographical student, who remarked 
the curious fact that large rivers always ran by large towns, would have been no 
less forcibly struck by the circumstance that the waters of the Great Lakes have 
f oimd their outlet over the great precipice directly by and below the track of a 
great east and west trunk-line of railway, from which its passengers might see 
the wonders of the great cataract en route. 

Therefore, from its depot, at the foot of Lake Street, where the lake breezes 
temper the summer heat, we take one of the finely-appointed express trains of 
the jVIichigan Central, "The Niagara Falls Route."' Of few cities is the railway 
aspect so agreeable as that of Chicago from this line. For miles on the one side 
ripple or roll, or dash in combing waves, the waters of the gray-blue lake. On 
the other stretch grassy parks with shady nooks and bright parterres of flowers, 
rich, tasteful residences and suburban villas embowered in such luxuriance of 
foliage as few other great cities know — and then the prairie, rounding the Lake 
of Calumet, with the furnaces of South Chicago belching black smoke from their 
tall chimneys in the distance. 

From between the sand dunes of Michigan City, and again at New Buffalo, 
we catch picturesque glimpses of Lake Michigan, and then strike into the rich 
and populous region of Southern Michigan to cross the base of the great penin- 
sula to Detroit. To the observant traveler this is a charming ride by day-light. 
The rolling country, with its silvery lakes and cool, clear streams, its fields of 
waving grain and luxuriant pasture lands, varied by occasional forests, by neat 
villages and prosperous-looking, well-built cities, forms an attractive panorama 
through the clear plate-glass of the car- windows, and even with the most careless 

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traveler divides interest with the latest novel. Nearly all this region is famous 
for its yield of wheat, and the fine quality of flour that it produces; in its 
pastures graze flocks of sheep and^ herds of graded cattle and blooded horses 
with pedigrees of royal length; and its towns and villages are alive with a great 
variety of manufacturing industries. 

Nor will the eye fail to remark the evidences of material prosperity and of 
educated culture, taste, and refinement in the numerous examples of the best 
forms of modern architecture in both private and public buildings. At Kala- 
mazoo are the spacious and imposing buildings of the State Lunatic Asylum, and 
of a Baptist college and female seminary. It is a delightful city, with broad, 
well-shaded streets, and a pretty little park. Farther up the Kalamazoo River, 
of which many charming glimpses are caught from the car- windows, is Battle 
Creek, another beautiful little city, famous for its manufactures and the head- 
quarters of the Seventh Day Adventists, whose great publishing house and 




Michigan Central Station, Kalamazoo. 



coUege are very interesting. Here, too, upon a commanding site, is a magnificent 
sanitarium, the largest in the world, and of wide repute for the excellence of its 
administration. Jackson is notable chiefly for its railroads, its important manu- 
factures, and its great limestone buildings of the State Penitentiary, a model 
institution of its kind. Most of the way from here to Detroit, the train follows 
and frequently crosses the Huron River, giving many snatches of lovely scenery, 
despite the rapidity with which they are passed. 

Ann Arbor Ues upon both sides of the river, and is the seat of the University 
of Michigan, the leading institution of learning in the West. The numerous fine 
buildings and valuable collections of the University have received rich additions 
during the last few years, greatly increasing its educational value and possibili- 
ties. Its observatory and new library are particularly fine. At Ypsilanti, but 
twelve miles beyond, are valuable saline springs, an excellent sanitarium, and 
the State Normal School. 

The buildings that strike the traveler most forcibly, however, ar'e the new 
raUroad stations. This is not only because their necessary proximity to the rail- 
road track forces them upon pubUc notice, but because of their manifest beauty 
and appropriateness, their achnirable construction, and convenient arrangement 
for the purposes of their use that make them models of railroad architecture. 
The solid, gray limestone of Ann Arbor, with its Renaissance towers and turret, 
the severely plain brick tower, and broad eaves of Battle Qreek, the stone- 




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trimmed brick- work of Kalamazoo, and the rustic bowlder rock-work of Grass 
Lake diverse as they are in style and material, are aU thoroughly harmonious, 
and suggest the comfort, the convenience, and even the cosy prettiness to be 
foimd in the internal arrangement, furnishing, and decorations. 

Detroit is not only a city of active enterprise and business prosperity, but a 
city with a di'amatic and picturesque history of two centuries, illustrated by the 
marble statues of her earher heroes on the facades of her City Hall, and the fine 
granite and bronze monument opposite to those of a later generation. Entering 
the magnificent depot of the Michigan Central, into which come, also, other 
trains and through cars from aU quarters of the compass, and whose massive 
yet graceful tower at the foot of Jefferson Avenue is one of the features of the 
city, the train is I'un down on board of a powerful steel transfer boat and quickly 
ferried across the broad river or strait. The brief passage over the majestic 
stream, is in smnmer, at least, a dehghtful incident of the journey. From the 
hurricane deck of the great steamer, a beautiful view is obtained of the miles of 




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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 



busy water-front of the city, and of the broad bosom of the stream covered with 
craft of' every description. Far above is the lovely wooded park of BeUe Isle, 
and below are the ramparts of old Fort Wayne and the towers and domes of the 
immense Exposition Buildings. 

Reachtug the Canada shore, the train is soon under way again, and makes 
fast time indeed through Her Majesty's Dominion. Passing St. Thomas, an 
important railroad center, and Welland, on the famous ship-canal, we soon 
reach the Niagara River, and, after stopping at Falls View to enjoy the grandest 
spectacle of nature (page 17), run down the river to Clifton, where the Niagara 
Division diverges to Niagara-on-the-Lake, and cross the gorge on the wonderful 
steel Cantilever Bridge. This, the prototype -of the great bridge recently con- 
structed over the Firth of Forth, was the first of its kind ever constructed, and 
despite its apparent lightness, is one of the strongest and safest bridges in the 
world. 

At Suspension Bridge station, at the eastern end of the Cantilever, connection 
is made with the Lockport Division of the New York Central, and with the trains 
of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdeusbm'g Raih'oad for the St. Lawrence and the 



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65 



Wtiite Mountains (pages 32 and 49). It is but two miles farther to Niagara Falls, 
N. Y., and twenty-four miles to Buffalo, and all the way the train follows near 
the bank of the Niagara River and affords lovely views of the narrow gorge 
below th3 FaUs, and the broad, lake-like expanses' above, with peaceful-looking 
green islands here and there. 

Buffalo, 536 miles from Chicago and 446 miles from New York, has a popula- 
tion of nearly a third of a miUion and is the third city of the State. It is well 
and handsomely built, and is famed for its extensive lake commerce, for its 
gigantic elevators, through which run unfailing rivers of grain, for its manufac- 
tures of mitals, for its malt and beer, for its gigantic coal and ice traffic, and as 
the converging point of ten different lines of railway. The streets are mostly 
broad and straight, and those in the more elevated portions of the city are bor- 
dered with a profusion of shade trees, which adorn also the five public squares 
of the city and the Terrace, a broad open space in its busiest section. A por- 
tion of the river-front is a bold bluff of sixty feet, on which are the ruins of 




The Vestibuled Limited at Falls View. 

old Fort Porter and the barracks, where several companies of the United States 
Army are quartered. This bluff, and the greater elevations farther back, afford 
fine views of the city, lake, and river, and the Canada shore beyond. 

Within the huge carapace of the Union Depot, alive with the puffing of 
engines, the transfer of baggage, and the bustle of passengers ever coming and 
going, the Michigan Central connects with the New York Central & Hudson 
River, the only four-track railroad in the world, the West Shore, and the Buffalo, 
Rochester & Pittsburgh. Two of the Central's tracks ai^e set apart for the 
immense freight traffic of the Une, and two for the passenger trains that fly over 
the steel rails with lightning speed, yet with perfect safety. The sleeping cars 
leaving Chicago for Boston and New York, run through without change, and the 
traveler is undisturbed by their transfer from one train to the other. 

All the way across the Empire State we look from the windows upon farm- 
stead and croft, blooming gardens, fruitful orchards, and waving grain-fields 
shimmered by gentle breezes, lazily moving canal-boats, rippling brooks, cool 
pastures, and verdant hill-sides dotted picturesquely with sheep and cattle— a 



66 Bummer Tours. 

thousand scenes of quiet, pastoral beauty, such as Birket Foster loved to draw. 
All along and near the line are resorts that tempt the traveler to halt: Lakes 
Chautauqua, Keuka, Canandaigua, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco, and Oneida; Gene- 
see, Ithaca, Taghkanic, and "Trenton Falls; Clifton, Avon, Richfield, Ballstop 
and Saratoga Springs; Watkins Glen, Canandaigua, Ithaca, and numerous other 
delightful places are not far off. Populous and prosperous cities, too, appear and 
disappear. Seventy miles from Buffalo yve come to Rochester, a busy city of 
90,000 inhabitants, noted for its beautiful falls of the Genesee (about 100 yards 
from the railroad bridge) ; its flour, its boots and shoes, its engines and boilers, 
its agricultural implements, and its nurseries and seeds, its tobacco, and patent 
medicines, its splendid university and lovely cemetery. The " old road " diverges 
from the main line at Rochester, and runs via Canandaigua, Clifton Springs, 
Geneva, Ithaca, and Aubm^n, to Syracuse, 104 miles. 

We stop at Syracuse (156 miles), v^rliose extensive salt springs and works, 
important manufactvu'es, and fine public buildings make this city of 70,000 people 
a memorable one. 

Utica (208 miles) is a handsome city, on the site of old Fort Schuyler, pos- 
sesses extensive and varied manufactures, and is an important railroad and 
canal center. Eighteen mUes north are Trenton Falls, a very beautiful and 




The Cantilever^Bridge at Niagara. 

graceful series of cascades. From Utica wd descend the rich and picturesque 
Mohawk Valley through Richfield Springs, Little Falls, Palatine Bridge, and 
Fonda, to the old Dutch city of Schenectady (281 miles). At this point the 
Saratoga and Champlain Division of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.'s Railroad 
diverges to Ballston, Saratoga, Lakes George and Champlain, and the Northern 
Wilderness. (Page 26). Half an hour later we roll into the quaint, historic 
city of 

Albany (298 miles), the capital of the Empire State, the terminus of the 
Erie and Champlain canals at the head of navigation of the Hudson, and the 
center to which several important lines of railway converge, and with many 
great manufacturing industries, Albany is a live, active, prosperous city, and 
occupies a pi'oud commercial i5osition. Rich in its history, traditions of Dutch 
and English sovereignty, the Revolution and the growth of the Republic, in its 
literai'y and scientific accumulations, in its splendid example of modern archi- 
tecture that crowns the lofty Capitolian Hill, and in its lovely vistas of the lordly 
Hudson at its feet, it is full of interest to the traveler. 

Here separate our Palace Cars that started from Chicago and have jour- 
neyed so far together. One Sleeping or Dra wing-Room Car, as the case may be, 
goes directly eastward, over the Boston & Albany Railroad, to Boston. We also 
cross the magnificent iron bridge and follow the course of the noblest stream ifl 



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67 



the -world through 150 miles of grand, beautiful, and ever-varying scenes, not 
one of which is uninteresting. 

At Hudson, the head of ship navigation, and once an important whahng-port, 
but now more noted for its iron manuf actm'es, the river has swollen into greater 
proportions, and we gaze upon the sti'ikingly beautiful panorauia of the Catskill 
Mountains beyond it. Four miles below is Catskill Landing, ths point of depart- 
ure for the moimtains. Round Top is 3,800 feet high, and only eight or nine miles 
from the Lanchng, whence the httle railway runs to the Kaaterskill House. 
The hills become more lofty on the opposite side, and more grandly docs the 
river flow on between its confines or expand into lake-like bays, bearing on its 
bosom a picturesque fleet of steam and sail. The train halts for refreshments 
at Poughkeepsie, half-way from Albany to New York. From the station one 
sees httle of the city, which is a large and handsome one, built on an elevated 
plateau, and possessing eight important educational institutions, one of which, 
Vassar, is the most noted female college in the world. 



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Albany from Across the Hudson. 

Fifteen miles below is Fishkill, whence a steam ferry runs to Newburgh, a 
picturesquely-built city of 18,000 inhabitants on the west shore, where an old, gray, 
stone mansion, in which Washington had his headquarters, is still preserved. 
Just below, the broad expanse of Newburgh Bay comes to an end, and we come 
to the famed Highlands of the Hudson, entered under the precipices of Beacon 
Hill and Breakneck, with the massive granite crown of Storm King towering 
opposite, 1,529 feet above the water. 

AVe cross Constitution Island near the spot where Arnold and Andre met, 
and stop a moment at Garrison's (396 miles), the station for West Poifet, oppo- 
site. For two or three miles, rounding the point above where the river makes a 
short turn at right angles, we have had a splencUd view of the great piles of 
buildings that constitute the National Military Academy — its barracks, academic 
haU, library, observatory, etc.; its level parade; Kosciusko's monument, gleam- 
ing white under the trees; and Sedgwick's and Scott's, of which only glimpses 
can be caught. Above, on Mount Independence, the crumbling walls of Fort 
Putnam can still be distinguished. Every foot of the way here and onward is 
historic grovmd. Soon we run through a long tunnel under Anthony's Nose, and, 
emerging into day-light, SAveep around the head of Peekskill Bay, with the 
imposing granite height of the Dunderburg on the opposite point, and lona 
Island in the sharp bend guarding the southern portals of the Highlands. .^^ 



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Summer l^ours. 



Peekskill the river broadens to an inland lake. The mountains spread apart, 
culminating to the westward in the solid masses of the distant Shawangunks. 
The banks are still rocky, but less precipitous, and beauty succeeds to grandeur. 

Verplanck's Point closes in the southern end of Peekskill Bay, jutting far 
out into the I'iver as if to meet Stony Point, where Anthony Wayne gained his 
well-won fame. Below, Haverstraw Bay broadens to majestic proportions. 

Then come Sing Sing, Mith its vast State Prison; Tarrytown, with its memo- 
ries of Sunnyside and Sleepy Hollow, of Washington and Andre, of Diedrich 
Knickerbocker, and Rip Van Winkle; the broad Tappan Zee; the populous 





The Highlands of the Hudson. 



suburban city of Yonkers; and then, after twenty miles of the grand unbroken 
precipice of the Palisades, turn from the lordly Hudson to run down the bank 
of Spuyten Duy vil Creek, stopping a moment at the magnificent new up-town 
station at 138th Street. We have enjoyed such a glorious panorama as the world 
nowhore else affords, and which remains forever ineffaced in the memory. And 
we can not but believe with the great traveler. Bayard Taylor, that "there is one 
river which, from its source to the ocean, unrolls a long chain of landscapes 
wherein there is no tame feature, but each successive view presents new combi- 
nations of beauty and majesty, which other rivei'S may sui'pass ia sections, but 
pone rival as a whole— and its nam.^ is The Hudson," 



"From, Chicago to Neio York. 



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Along gpuyten Duyvil Creek to Harlem, fifteen miles yet from the Battery, 
we see the building of the city; splendid villas crowning the heights, and here 
and there giving way to the sohd blocks and paved streets of the metropohs. 
The elevated railroads show us the presence of urban traffic. At last, after 
several miles of brick-walled sunken way, we rush into the Grand Central Depot, 
the only railroad depot in the city of New Youk, (446 miles). We find ourselves 
right in the heart of the great city, having avoided all tedious ferry transfers 
of person and baggage. The best hotels are not far off, and some are very close 
at hand. At the door is a station of the elevated railway, whose swift trains 
will quickly Avhisk us about the city, and street cars, omnibuses, hacks, and 
cabs are at hand. 




Grand Central D-pot, New York. 

Our route ends at the Grand Central Depot ; but, of coxirse, the traveler wiU 
go farther. He will cross and inspect the wonderful bridge that spans the East 
River to Brooklyn; he will wander in the winding and shady jDaths of Central 
and Prospect Parks and Greenwood Cemeteiy, the beauty of which has little 
that is f imereal in its aspect ; he will go down the .m.agniflcent harbor and outer 
bay, past Bedloe's Island, where towers Barthokli's colossal statue, munificent 
gift from the French people— past Governor's Island, with its antiquated fortifi- 
cations — past Staten Island, with its wooded and villa-covered slopes — past the 
grim batteries of Forts Lafayette and Wadsworth, until Sandy Hook is rounded, 
with Coney Island on the left and Long Branch off to the right, and he feels the 
mighty pulsations of the old ocean's breast. 

Routes and Rates to New York. 

No Round-Trip Tickets will he sold to New York. 
Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 34-16. 

69 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to New 

York S16.05 $17.35 $22.25 

Form 34-73. 

70 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Albany. 

Day Line Steamers to New York. 14 .95 16 . 25 21 . 15 



^6 ^uimner Tours. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Forms 75-37; 75-38. 

7 I Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Albany. 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R., or 

West Shore R. R. to New York. $25.00 $26-00 $28.00 

Forms 75-69; 75-70. 

72 Choice of Routes 33 or 34 to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R , Lake Cham- 
plain and Lake George Steamers to Albany. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. or , 

West Shore R. R. to New York. 2700 23 00 3000 

Forms 75-9; 75-10. 

7 3 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 
Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R., or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Albany. 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. or 

West Shore R. R. to New York. 25 .00 28 . 00 28 - 00 

Forms 75-14; 75-15, 

74 Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Grand Trunk Ry. to Rouse's Point. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Plattsburgh. 

Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. Ji. or 

Lake Champlain Steamers to Fort Ticonderoga. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Baldwin. 
Lake George Steamers to Caldwell. 
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. R. R. to Albany. 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. or 

West Shore R. R. to New York. 27 00 28 00 30 00 

Forms 75-39; 75-71. 

75 Via Day Line Steamers from Albany the rates are 40 cents 

less than shown for Routes 71 to 74 inclusive. 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 

For Side Trips, see page 79. 



TO MONTREAL AND BEYOND. 

rpHE St. Lawrence Eiver route to Montreal has already been described (see 
-J- page 36). The aU-rail route is via the Canadian Pacific from St. Thomas, 
398 miles from Chicago, on the main line of the Michigan Central (see page 63). 
The hundred and twenty mUes from St. Thomas to Toronto is through a charm- 
ing, rolling country, crossing successively the valleys of the Thames, Grand, and 
Credit rivers, but is generally traversed in the through sleeping car leaving 
Chicago in the afternoon and arriving at Toronto about nine the next morning, 
connecting there with a through parlor car to Montreal. Toronto is also reached 







The Dominion Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. 

from the west by the main line of the Michigan Central to CUfton, and thence to 
Niagara-on-the-Lake, where connection is made with steamers crossing Lake 
Ontario to Toronto. 

Toronto, the capital and metropolis of Ontario, is a handsome commercial 
city of more than a hundred thousand people, covering an area of some ten 
square miles on a low plain rising somewhat to the north, where it is bounded by 
the ancient margin of the lake. The view of it, however, either from the water 
or the sun-ounding heights, with its array of dome and turret, arch and spire, and 
the varied movement of its water front, is one of great beauty. It is well and 
solidly built, and in generally excellent taste, with imusual purity of architect- 
ure. North of Toronto lies the famous Muskoka and Nipissing Lake districts, 

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V^ . Summer TouH. 

and the entire line of the Canadian Pacific northeastward to Ottawa run§ 
through a similar i^ieturesque region of lakes and swift, cold streams, a very 
paradise to the fisherman. From Sharbot Lake Junction the Kingston & 
Pembroke Railway runs down forty-seven miles to the fine old city of Kingston, 
at the head of the St. Lawrence; and from Smith's Falls a branch runs forty- 
four miles north to Ottawa, the capital of the Dominion. 

Ottawa is a new but beautiful city of some thirty thousand people, located 
between the two falls of the Ottawa River, the Rideau and the Chaudiere; but 
its chief glory Trollope justly declared to be the ParUament Buildings, con- 
Btinacted of cream-colored sandstone, Avith arches of red Potsdam sandstone, on 
the high rock above the river. " As regards purity of art and manliness of con- 
ception, as well as for beauty of outline and truthful nobility of detail, the work 
is entitled to the very highest praise. I know no modern Gothic purer of its kind 
or less sullied with fictitious ornamentation.'" 

Montreal, the metropolis of the Dominion, has a population of nearly 150,000, 
and a foreign commerce of seventy millions annually. No Canadian city is 
better known to Americans, and >many of our readers will need no description 
of this picturesque town of gray limestofle, with tall spires and glittering roofs 
and domes backed by Mount Royal ; its miles of solid limestone quays, and docks, 
and wharves lined with shipping; its large and magnificent cathedrals and 
churches; its spacious market, and court-house, and city hall; McGill College 
and its unrivaled museum; and the great bridges over 'the St. Lawrence. All 
these, and the beautiful drive through Mount Royal Park and around the 
mountain, are familiar to all readers by innumerable pictures and descriptions. 

Montreal is an important center or base of future movements of the tourist. 
Thence he will go up the picturesque but little known Ottawa River; or south- 
ward by "the D. & H." to the Adirondacks, Lake George, Saratoga, the Hudson, 
and New York; or by Lake Memphremagog and the White Mountains to Port- 
land or Boston ; or down the St. Lawrence by rail or steamer to Quebec, and up 
the Saguenay to Chicoutimi and Lake St. John. Half-way to Quebec is Three 
Rivers, with the famous St. Leon Springs and the Falls of the Shawanegan not 
far distant. 

Quebec— oldest, quaintest, and most picturesque of Canadian cities— is 
almost as well known as Montreal. The old city is a walled, triangular town 
three miles in circumference, and with five gateways, three communicating with 
the lower town— the St. Louis gate, a beautiful Norman structure, leading to the 
Plains of Abraham, and St. John's opening to Beauport, and St. Roche. The 
leading attractions are the Ursuline Convent, the great Laval University, the 
Basilica, and, above all, the superb outlook from the Dufferin Terrace. The 
drives about the city are very interesting, particularly to the Indian village of 
Lorette, and down the beautiful Beauport road to the Falls of Montmorenci. 
The Chaudiere Falls and the Falls of Ste. Anne are also very wild and beautiful. 

Leaving Quebec on one of the Saguenay steamers, and passing the Isle 
of Orleans, below Quebec, the St. Lawrence River attains and keeps a width 
of about twenty miles, with eighteen-feet tides, and the scene is often enliv- 
ened by seals and porpoises playing in the clear, salt water. Touching at 
Murray Bay, Riviere du Loup, and Cacouna, the Newport of Canada, the 
steamer crosses the river to Tadousac, 134 miles from Quebec, and passes up the 
vast, wild caiion tlirough which the Saguenay pours its black waters. Lofty 
peaks and palisades tower on either side all the thirty-four miles to Trinity Bay, 
which is guarded by the majestic Capes Trinity and Eternity, rising grandly two 
thousand feet above the dark waters six hundred fathoms deep. Of this impress- 



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ive scenery, Bayard. Taylor said: "I doubt whether a sublimer picture of the 
wilderness is to be found on this continent/' Howells vividly described the 
scenery in the charming pages of A Chance Acquaintance. 

Statue Point and Les Tableaux are next passed, and then Ha-Ha Bay is 
reached, Avith Chicoutimi above at the head of ship navigation. Here is a good 
hotel, a cathedral and convent, and a new stone college ; and the Chicoutimi 
River, swarming with fish, plunges over a fall of fifty feet before entering the 
Saguenay. From Chicoutimi it is but a short distance to Lake St. John, by a 
branch of the new railwaj' from Quebec. This lake, hitherto but little known, 
is an interesting and pictviresque sheet of water, and filled with salmon and 
other fish in marvelous profusion. 



To Canadian Pacific Ry. Resorts. 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Forms SO-r, 30-4, and 30-13, 

76 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to destination. 

Form 64-40, 

7 7 Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to destination. 

Brockville, Ont. Single Trip S12.85 $13 85 $18. CO 

" Roimd " 21.45 2345 3000 

Calumet, " Single " (Caledonia Springs). 15.00 16 00 18.00 

" Round " " " 25.00 27- 00 33. 00 

Montreal, Que. Smgle " 15 00 16.00 18 00 

" Round " 25 00 27.00 33.00 

Newport, Vt. Suagle " 18.50 19 50 2150 

" Round " 27.50 29.50 36.50 

Ottawa, Ont. Single " 14.10 1540 18.00 

" Round " 21.95 23 95 31.00 

Prescott, " Single "- 13 15 14-15 1800 

" Round " 21.95 2395 31.00 

Quebec, Que. Single " 17.50 18.50 20.50 

" Round " 27.50 29.50 3800 

Toronto, Ont. Single " (Via Route 76) 660 7.90 14 00 

Single " (Via Route 77) 7.25 8 55 14.00 

" ^^^^ " {lt^7olSl\-- ^^-^0 13 60 23.50 

" ^^^^ " -IZSfifsS'days}--- 13.00 15.60 23.50 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, S3.C0 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.G0 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 

For Side Trips, see page 79. 



74 Buivimef ^TouH. 

Route. Destination and Form, From Detroit, Toledo, Chlcag6. 

Forms G4-37 and 30-69. 

78 Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-tlie-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

Or vice versa. 

Toronto, Out. Round Trip (Limit 30 daj's) $13-00 $15 . 60 $23 . 50 

Form 30-17. 

79 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Sharbot Lake. 
Kingston & Pembroke Ry. to destination. 

Form 30-6. 

80 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ky. to Tweed. 

Napanee, Tamworth & Quebec Ry. to destination. 

Form 30-19. 

8 I Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Toronto. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to destination. 

Kingston, Ont. Single Trip 11.45 12.75 18.00 

" Round " 19.10 21.70 30.00 

Routes and Rates to Montreal, Que. 
Form 30-13. 

82 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Ottawa. 

Canadian Pacific Ry., or Ottawa River Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

Single Trip , 15.50 16.50 18.00 

Form 30-14. 

83 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Prescott. 

Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. * 

Single Trip 15-50 16.50 18.00 

Form 30-16. 

84 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Sharbot Lake. 
Kingston & Pembroke Ry. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

SingleTrip 1575 16.75 18.00 



1 

1 



To Montreal and beyond. *i% 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 30-59. 

85 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Tweed. 

Napanee, Tamworth & Quebec Ry. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal, 

SingleTrip $15.75 $16.75 $18.00 

Form 34-19. 

86 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge. 

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdeusburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richelieu & Ontai'io Navigation Co. to Alexandria Bay. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

SingleTrip 15.75 16-75 1800 

Form 34-33. 

87 Michigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls) . 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Syracuse. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Alexandria Bay. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

SingleTrip 15.75 16.75 18.00 

Form 64-31. 

88 Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Ottawa. 

Canadian Pacific Ry. or Ottawa River Navigation 
Co. to Montreal. 
SingleTrip 15.50 1650 18.00 

Form 64-36. 

89 Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Sharbot Lake. 
Kingston & Pembroke Ry. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

SingleTrip I5.75 I6.75 18.00 

Form 64-33. 

90 Micliigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Canadian Pacific Ry.^to Tweed. 

Napanee, Tamworth & Quebec Ry. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

SingleTrip.... 15.75 16-75 18.00 

Form 64-41. 

9 I Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

SingleTrip 16.60 17.60 21.00 



76 Summer Tou?% 

Route; Destination and Form, From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 30-19. 

92 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Toronto. 

Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 

Single Trip $16.60 $17 60 $2100 

Form 30-58. 

93 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Sharbot Lake. 
Kingston & Pembroke R. R. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

RoundTrip 25.75 27.75 33.00 

Form 30-61 K. T. T. 

94 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Tweed. 

Napanee, Tamworth & Quebec Ry. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas, 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

RoundTrip 25.75 27.75 33.00 

Form 64-39. 

95 Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Sharbot Lake. 
Kingston & Pembroke R. R. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

RoundTrip 2575 27-75 33.00 

Form 64-33 R. T. T. 

96 Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to Tweed. 

Napanee, Tamworth & Quebec Ry. to Kingston. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

Round Trip 25.75 27.75 33.00 

Form 34-18. 

97 Michigan Central R. R. to Suspension Bridge, (via 

Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Lewiston. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Alexandria Bay. 
Richeheu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

Round Trip 25.75 27-75 33.00 



•To Montreal and Beyond. 77 

Route. Destination and Form. From Detroit, Toledo, Chicago. 

Form 34-34. 

98 3Iichigan Central R. R. to Buffalo (via Niagara Falls). 
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Syracuse. 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. to Clayton. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Alexandria Bay. 
Rieheheu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Rj'. to St. Thomas. 

Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

• Round Trip $25-75 $27.75 $33.00 

Form 30-60. 

99 Michigan Central R. R. to St. Thomas. 
CanacUan Pacific Ry. to Toronto. 

Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to Montreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas. 
Michigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

Round Trip 26.60 2860 36.00 

Form 64-38. 

I 00 Michigan Central R. R. to Niagara-on-the-Lake. 
Niagara Navigation Co. to Toronto. 
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. to jMontreal. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. to St. Thomas. 
]Micliigan Central R. R. to starting point. 

Round Trip 26-60 28.60 36.00 

Intercolonial Kail^vay Points, 

Forms 75-31 and 75-19. 

I O I Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90, and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 70 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Single Trip. 
Choice of Routes 76, 77, 82 to 90 and 93 to 98 inclusive, Chicago to Montreal. 
Choice of Routes 76 and 77, Detroit and Toledo to Montreal. 

Rotmd Trip. 
Canadian Pacific Ry. (Quebec Div.) or Steamer to Quebec. 
Intercolonial Ry. to destination. 

Forms 75-7 7 and 75-78. 

(Same as Route 101 up to Montreal.) 
I 02 Canadian Pacific Ry. to 3IcAdam Junction. 
New Brunswick Ry. to St. John. 
Intercolonial Ry. to Halifax. 

HaUfax, N. S. Single Trip 27.50 28-50 30.50 

Round '^ 47.50 49.50 58.00 

St. John, N. B. Smgle " 23-50 24.50 29.50 

" Round " 41.50 43.50 52.00 

Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $3.00 when Routes 91 or 92 to Montreal 
are used. 

Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or 
88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montreal 
are used; $1.60 when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. 
^qv Sicl^ Trips, see page 79, 



'OP'l 




(78) 



SIDE TRIPS. 

On presentation of Tourist Tickets of this Company's issue to the Ticket 
Agent at points given below, Side Trips can be obtained at the following I'ates : 

SIDE TRIPS TO ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RESORTS. 

Chateaugay to Chateaugay Chasm and return, Stage $ .50 

Moira to Paul Smith's and return 450 

Moira to Blue Mountain House and return 3.80 

Plattsburgh to Loon Lake House, Rail and Stage 2. 90 

Plattsburgh to Paul Smith's, Rail and Stage iM 

Plattsburgh to Saranac Lake, Rail 3 35 

Plattsburgh to Saranac Inn, Rail and Stage 4.85 

Plattsburgh to Lake Placid, Rail and Stage 4.35 

Plattsburgh to Upper Chateaugay Lake, Rail and Stage 1 .90 

Plattsburgh to Bluff Point and return 20 

Port Kent to Au Sable Chasm and return, all Rail 55 

Rouse's Point to Bkiff Point and return L60 

Saratoga to Hadley (Lake Luzerne), and return 1.32 

Saratoga to Schroon Lake and return 6 50 

Saratoga to Blue Mountain Lake and return 9- 50 

Saratoga to Raquette Lake and return 12.00 

Saratoga to Forked Lake Carry and return 13 ■ 00 

Westport to Elizabethtown (Adirondack Mountain.s), N. Y., and return 

(Kellogg's Stage Line) 2.00 

Westport to Keene Valley, Stage , 2.50 

SIDE TRIPS TO WHITE MOUNTAINS RESORTS. 

Bethlehem Junction to Profile House and return $ 3. 00 

Bethlehem Junction to Bethlehem and return 1 00 

Fabyans to Summit Mt. AVashington and return 6.00 

Fabyans to Summit, Stage to Glen House and Glen Station, Rail to Fabyans 10 25 

Fabyans to Crawford House and return. . . 60 

Fabyans to North CouAvay and return ... 4 00 

Hazen's Junction to Jeffei'son and return 80 

Glen Station to Glen House and return 5-0O 

Wing Road to Whitefield and Jefferson and return 1 .70 

Weirs to Centre Harbor or Wolf boro and return, Steamer 85 

SIDE TRIPS TO SEASIDE RESORTS. 

Portland to Old Orchard Beach and return $ .50 

Portland to Poland Springs and return .. 3.00 

Portland to Bar Harbor and return, all Rail 8 50 

Portland to Bar Harbor and return. Steamer 6 . 00 

Portland to Eastport and return, Steamer 6.50 

Portland to St. Andrews, St. John, or Calais and return, Steamer 7-00 

Portland to St. iindrews, St. John, or Calais and return, Rail 11 .00 

SIDE TRIPS TO CANADIAN RESORTS. 

Montreal to Ottawa and retui'n, via Canadian Pacific Ry $ 5 00 

Montreal to Quebec and return. Steamer or Canadian Pacific Ry 5.00 

Montreal to Lake Memphramagog and Ne^ATport, Vt., and return, -sia 

Magog and Steamer 460 

Montreal to Mastigouche House and return, via Canadian Pac. Ry. and Stage 6 . 70 

Montreal to St. Leon Springs and return, via Louiseville. 3. 50 

Quebec to Murray Bay and return. Steamer 4 00 

Quebec to Riviere du Loup and return, Rail or Steamer 4. 00 

Quebec to Cacouna and return, Rail or Steamer 4.00 

Quebec to Tadousac and return, Steamer . 5.00 

Quebec to Ha Ha Bay (Saguenay) and return. Steamer 8 00 

Quebec to Roberval (Lake St. John) and return , . . , 7-50 

(79) 



To the Thousand Islands 




^ Rapids of the St. Lawrence, 

I 

I Montreal, Quebec, 

I and tlie SaGUENAY, 

Via. ISIia.o-a.ra Kails. 



CONDENSED TIME SCHEDULE. 



Lv Chicago, via M. C. R. R., dally (a) lO. lO p. m. 

Niles 1.52 a.m. 

Kalamazoo 

Battle Creek 

Marshall 

Albion 

Jackson 

Ann Arbor (c) 

Ypsilanti 

Detroit. (e) 

Lv. St. Thomas (d) 

Ar. Falls View 

Ar. Niagara Falls, N. Y 

Lv. Niagara Falls, via R., W. Sc O., daily (b) 

Ar. Clayton 

Round Island 

Thousand Islands Park 

Alexandria Bay, daily 

Brockville, except M'mday 

Prescott, " . 

Cornwall , " 

Coteau Landing, " 

Ar. xMontrcal (alongside Quebec steamers), except Monday 

Lv. M ontreal 

Ar Quebec, next morning, connecting with steamers for 
the Saguenay 

(a) Palace Slet^ping Cars Chicago to Niagara Falls, and (b) Niagara Falls to 
Claj'ton. 

(c) Dining Car serves Breakfast from Jackson, and (d) Dinner from St. Thomas. 

(c) Connects at Jackson with train leaving Grand Rapids 11.15 p. m., with 
Sleei.)ing Car Grand Rapids to Dc-troit. 

(e) Connects at Detroit with the train leaving Bay City 10.15 p. m., and East 
Saginaw 11.20 p. m, with Sleeping Car to Detroit; also with Sleeping Car leaving 
St. Louis, via Wal)ash Ry . , 7.55 p.m. , and running through to Niagara Falls witliout 
Qbange, and with Sleeping Car leaving Cincinnati, via C, H. & D., 10.00 p. m, 

(80) 



3-35 






4 25 
4-53 
5-i8 
6.15 






7-50 
8.08 




( 


9-50 


a. 


ra. 


12.50 


P- 


m. 


3-37 




' 


4-13 




' 


8.10 


P- 


m. 


5-55 
6.40 


a. 


m. 


7.00 






7. 10 




< 


9.00 




( 


10.00 


a. 


m. 


1 .00 


P- 


m. 


3-15 
6.30 




( 
i 


7.00 


P- 


m. 


6.30 


a. 


m. 



CONDENSED TIME TABLE 

FROM CHICAGO TO 

The Adirondacks, The White Mountains, 

Portland, Bar Harbor, and 

Nova Scotia, 

Buffet Sleeping Cars, Chicago to Poi-tland. 

^^-v,^^^ Taking Effect June 2g, iSgo. 

Xiv. Chicago, via Michigan Central except Friday, 

" Kalamazoo " Saturday, 

" Battle Creek •• 

" Jackson '... 

" Detroit 

Ar. Falls View . .. 

Ar. Niagara Falls, N. Y 

Lv. Niagara Falls, R., W. & O. R R 

" Suspension Bridge 

Ax. Norwood (breakfast) except Sunday, 

Moira, Cent. Vt. R. R 

Paul Smith's Station 

Paul Smith's 

Saranac Inn Station 

Child wold Station 

Tupper Lake Station 

Rouse's Point 

Swanton 

Cambridge Junction, St. J. & L C. R. R 

Hyde Park. . 

Morrisville (dinner) 

St. Johnsbury 

Lunenbm'g 

Whitefield, Maine Central 

Jefferson, C. & M. R. R 

Lancaster, C. & M. R. R " 

Twin Mountain House, B. & L. R. R 

Fabyan House, B. & L. R. R 

Bethlehem Junction, M. C. R. R 

Maplewood, P. & F. N. R. R 

Bethlehem, P. & F. N. R. R 

Profile House, P. & F. N. R. R 

Summit Mt. Washington, Mt. W. Ry , 

Crawford House, Maine Cent. R. R. 

Glen Station, Maine Cent. R. R 

North Conway, Maine Cent. R. R 

Portland, Maine Cent. R. R 

Old Orchard, B. & M. R. R " [[ 

Kennebunkport 

Augusta, Maine Cent. R. R 

Bangor, Maine Cent. R. R 

A.r. Bar Harbor, Maine Cent. R. R . 



10.10 p 


m. 


3 3.5 a 


m. 


4.25 


' 


6.15 


* 


9.50 a 


m. 


3 37 p 


Ul. 


4 13 




8 10 


' 


8.20 p 


m. 


0.00 a 


m. 


7.13 


' 


8.40 




10.00 


' 


9.00 




9.20 




9.30 


' 


9.45 


' 


10.15 


' 


11.39 a 


m. 


12 05 p 


m. 


12 22 




2.37 


' 


3.35 


' 


3.50 


' 


4.40 


' 


4.40 


' 


4 15 


' 


4.25 


' 


5.00 


' 


5.35 


' 


5.45 


' 


6.00 




6.30 


' 


4.40 


' 


5.35 




5 50 


' 


8 OOp 


m. 


7.. 52 a. 


m. 


8.23 




2.10 


' 


5.20 


' 


8.30 a 


m. 



Ar. St. Andrews, N. B., N. B. Ry 12.45 p.m. 

" St. John, N. B., N. B. Ry 2.10 ' 

Ar. Halifax. N. S., Intercol. Ry 11.30 p.m. 

The Michigan Central's Dining Cars serve Breakfast and Dinner. 

This train, the Fast Atlantic Express of the Michigan Central, also carries 
two Wagner Sleeping Cars, leaving St. Louis 7.55 p. m., via Wabash R. R. 

Connection is also made at Jackson with train leaving Grand Rapids 11.15 
p.m., carrjdng through Sleeping Car to Detroit; and at Detroit with Sleeping 
Cars leaving Bay City 10.15 p. m., and East Saginaw 11.20 p. m. ; also with Sleeping 
Car leaving Cincionati 10.00 p ra., via C, H. & D. R. R., and with Michigan 
•Central train leaving Toledo 7.45 a. m. 

(81) 



M ichigan 

::::r MTR Ai>: 

' The HiAGftRA Falls Route" ■ 



i^ 




THE DIRECT LINE 



Chicago to loronto, 
Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, 

The Principal Canadian Cities, 

The Muskoka Lake Region,. 
The Picturesque Ottawa River, 
The St. Lawrence River, the Maritime Provinces,. 
And the Hunting and Fishing Regions of Canada, 
Via Canadian Pacific Railway. 



CONDENSED TIME CARD. 



Lv. 



Ar. 



Chicago, via Michigan Central . 

St. Louis, via Wabash 

Toledo 

Detroit 

St. Thomas 



Lv 

Ar, 



Ar. 



Eastern Standard Time. 
St. Thomas, via Can. Pac. (Ont. Div ) 

Ingersoll 

Woodstock 

Ayr. 



Ar. 
Lv, 
Ar. 
Ar. 
Lv, 
Ar. 



Gait 

Guelph 

Streetsville Junction 

Toronto Junction 

Toronto 

Peterboro 

Sharbot Lake Junction 

Kingston, via K. & P. Ry 

Perth 

Smith's Falls 

Brockville 

Ottawa 

Montreal (Windsor St.) 

Montreal (Dalhousie Square) . 

Three Rivers 

Quebec 



Ar. 
Lv, 
Ar. 



Ar. 



Montreal (Windsor St.) via Can. Pac. 

Newport • 

St. Johnsbury, via B. & M 

Fabyans, via Maine Central 

Portland 

Plymouth, via C & M 

Concord, " 

Manchester, " 

Nashua, " 

LoweU, via B. & M . . . 

Boston 



Pointe Levis, via IntercoloniaL 

Riviere du Loup, 

CampbeUton, " 

Moneton, 

St. John, N. B., 

Halifax, N. S., 



3.10 P.M 

7.55 A,M 

9.U5 P.M 

10.55 P,M 

2.1:0 A,M 



4.00 A,M 
4 46 " 
5.05 " 
5.43 " 
6.07 " 

10.55 " 
7.30 " 
8.30 " 
8.50 " 

11.38 A.M 
2.45 P.M 
4.40 " 
3.37 " 
4.00 P.M 

12 20 A.M 
5. 45 A.M 
7 55 " 

111.10 P.M 
2 35 A,M 
6 30 A,M 



8.15 P.M 
12.00 A.M 
1.37 " 
5.15 " 
9.30 " 
3.56 " 
5.45 " 
6.30 " 
7.00 " 
7.35 " 
8.30 A,M 



8.00 A,M 
3.15 P.M 



+ 9 00 P.M 
* 6 .55 P.M 

7.45 A.M 
+ 12.30 P.M 

4.00 P.M 



4 35 RM 

5.23 " 

5.45 " 

6 32 '• 

6.53 " 

8.15 " 

8.12 " 

8.42 " 

9.00 " 

11.40 P.M 

2.45 A,M 

4.40 " 

3.32 " 

3.55 A,M 

2.25 P.M 

5.35 A.M 

7.45 " 

8.10 " 

11.30 A.M 

2.30 P.M 



2.30 P.M 

6.15 P.M 

1.20 A.M 

7.30 " 

11.10 A.M 

2 10 PM 



10.10 P.M- 

6,55 P.M 

7.45 A.M 

9 .50 A.M. 

12.45 P,M 



5.05 P.M; 

5.53 " 

6.12 " 

6 54 '^ 

7.15 •' 

8.15 "■ 

8.30 " 

9.05 " 

9.25 " 

11.40 P.M- 

2.45 A.M 

4.40 " 

3.32 " 

3.55 A-M- 

2.25 P.W 

5.35 A.M^ 

7.45 " 

8.10 " 

11.30 A,M' 

2^0 P.M 



9.00 A.M 

12.40 P.M. 

2.30 " 

4 25 " 

8.00 " 

4.40 " 

6.32 " 

7.06 " 

7.35 " 

8.00 " 

8..^0 P.Mi 



* Daily. 



t Except Sunday. t Except Saturday. t Sunday only. 



Wagner Palace Sleeping Cars Chicago to Toronto, connecting at Toronto- 
Junction with Parlor Cars Toronto to Montreal. 



(82) 




TO 



Mackinac Island and 
Northern Michigan 



CONDENSED TIME CARD 

IN EFFECT MAY 18, 1890. 

From Chicago, via Chicago & West Michigan Ry. 



Lv. 
Ar. 
Xv. 
Ar, 



Ar 



Chicago, Michigan Central 

Grand Rapids, Chicago & West Micliigan. 
Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids & Indiana... 

Traverse City 

Petoskey 

Harbor Springs 

Mackinaw City 

Mackinac Island 



t 9. to A.M : 


3.40 RM 


4.10 " 


10 50 RM 


12.23 A.M 


10.00 " 


1.45 " 


2.30 A,M 



10.10 RM 
5. 50 A.M 

t 7.10 m 

1.50 RM 
3. 20 " 
4.00 " 
4 45 " 
5.30 RM 



From Chicago, via Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. 



Ly, 
Ar, 

Ar 



Chicago, Michigan Central 

Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 

Grand Rapids 

Traverse City. 

Petoskey 

Harbor Springs 

Mackinaw City , 

Mackinac Island 



t 7.05 A,M 


* 3. 10 RM 


12 30RM 


f 7 10 RM 


4.10 " 


t 7.10 A.M 


10.50 RM 


1.50 RM 


§12.23 A.M 


3. 20 " 


10.00 " 


4. 00 ' 


1 45 " 


4. 45 " 


2.30 Wt 


6.30 RM 



10 10 RM 
7.20 A,M 

11 30 " 
6 25 m 



From Chicago, via Mackinaw Division, Michigan Central. 



Lx 



Ar. 
Ar. 



Chicago, Michigan Central . 
l-ort Wayne. L. S. & M. S.. . 
Jackson, Michigan Central. 

Bay City . 

Grayling 

Mackinaw City — 

Mackinac Island 



t 9.00 ^M 


11.40 AM 


4.40 RM 


no. 10 RM 


2.30 A.M 


6-30 " 


7.15 AM 



*10.10 RM 



t 7.00 A.M 
1.05 RM 
5 05 M 
9.00 " 
9.45 m 



From the East and South, via Detroit. 



Lv. 



Ar 
Lv 



Boston, Boston & Albany. . . 

Springfield 

Xew York, N. T. C. & H. R. 

Albany 

SjTacuse 

Rochester 

Buffalo, Michigan Central.. 
Detroit 



Lv. 
Lv, 



Xv, 
Ar. 
Lv. 



St. Louis, Wabasii. 

Logansport 

Fort Wayne 



Louisville, L. & N 

Louisville. O. & M 

Cincinnati, C, H. & D 

Hamilton 

Dayton 

Columbus. C, H. V. & T... 
Toledo, Michigan Central. 
Detroit 



Ar. 



Ar. 



Detroit, Michigan Central 

Bay City 

Alger .. 

Alpena,D., B. C. & A. 

Grayling 

Topinabee 

Cheboygan. .. 

Mackinaw City 

Mackinac Island 



30 A,M 

32 " 

50 A.M 

,00 RM 

40 " 

.05 " 

30 RM 

30 A,M 



19 RM 
40 " 
00 " 
05 RM 
15 A.M 



35 A,M 
35 A.M 



35 A,M 
05 RM 
57 " 
25 " 
05 " 
55 " 
25 " 
00 " 
45 RM 



' 3.00 RM 
6. 10 " 
' 6 00 " 
10.00 RM 
2.10 A,M 
4.20 " 
5.30 A,M 
110 RM 



6.55 RM 
2 58 A.M 
5.05 A,M 



* 2.50 A,M 
2. 20 " 

t 9.00 " 

9. 52 " 

11.00 " 

no. 45 A,M 

t 3 50 RM 
5.45 RM 



* 6 CO RM 
10 10 RM 
12.04 A,M 

511 45 " 

* 2 30 " 
6.17 " 
5.47 " 
6.30 " 
7.15 AJd 



' 7.00 RM 
9.43 '• 

^ 9 15 RM 
2.00 m 
7.20 " 
9 55 " 

11.50 A.M 
8.45 RM 



7.55 tM 
4.17 RM 
6.23 A,M 



t 7.30 AJil 
8.00 A,M 

t 1 30 RM 
2.22 " 
3 40 " 

* 4. CO " 

* 9.06 " 
10 50 RM 



ni.OO RM 

t 8.05AJI1 

10.24 A,M 



1.20 RM 



Connection made at Mackinaw City with D., S. S. & A. Ry. for Sault Ste. Marie, 
.Marquette, Houghton, Duluth, and other >»orthern Peninsula points. 

(83) 



X 



CmrpL 

I "The HiAC/W/fc Falls Route" 



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CAR SERVICE 



AND 



CONDENSED THROUGH TIME, 

Via New York Central & Hudson River,, 
and Boston & Albany Railroads. 

MAIN LINE -EASTWARD. 



Train No. ti 

DAY EXPRESS 

LEAVES 

Chicago.. ..9.00A,M 
Except Sunday. 



Smoking Car and Coach, Chicago to Detroit. 

First-class Coach, Chicago to Detroit. 

Free Chair Car, Chicago to Grand Eapids, via 

C. & W. M. 
Sleeping Car, Chicago to Detroit. 



Gr. Eapids 3. 40RM; 
Detroit... 6.45RM 



Train No. 6 

NEW YORK AND 
BOSTON VESTI 
EULED EXPRESS 

LEAVES 

Chicago .. 3.10RM 
Toledo ... 9.0,5 
Detroit... 10. 55RM 
Daily. 



Solid Vfstibiilc'd 'J rain, Chicago to Kuffalo. 

First-class Coach, Chicago to Buffalo. 

Second-class Coach, Chicago to Buffalo. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Toronto, via Can. Pac. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Buffalo. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to New York. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Boston. 

Sleeping Car, St. Louis to Buffalo, via Wabash. 

Sleeping Car, Detroit to Buffalo. 

Dining Car serving Dinner Chicago to 
Jackson, Breakfast Falls View to Batavia, 
and Dinner Albany to New York^ 



AKKIVES 

Detroit. 10.45RM^ 
Toronto. . 
Nia. Falls. 
Buffalo... 
Syracuse 
Albany . . 
New York 8.50' 
SprinaflTdS.OSRM 
Boston ..11.07RM 



.50A,M 

6.40" 

. 7.25A,M 

.12.15RM 

4.50RM 



Train No. 10 

Fast ATLANTIC 

EXPRESS 

LEAVES 

Chicago.. 10. lORM 

Toledo... 7.45A,M 

Detroit... 9.50AJ«I 

Daily. 



First-class Coach, Chicago to Grand Rapids. 

First-class Coach, Chicago to Buffalo. 

Second-class Coach, Chicago to Buffalo. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Detroit{Sunday only) 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Grand Rapids. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Muskegon. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Bay City (ex. Sat.) 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to New York. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Boston. 

Sleeping Car, St. Louis to New York via Wabash. 

Sleeping Car, St. Louis to Boston, via Wabash, 
West Shore and Fitchburg. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Portland, via Niagara 
Falls, and White Mountains(except Friday), 
commencing June 29th. 

Sleeping Car, Chicago to Mackinaw City, via 
Kalamazoo, commencing July 1st. 

Dining Car, serving Breakfast Jackson to De- 
troit, and Dinner St. Thomas to Buffalo. 



AEKIVES 

Gr. Rapids 5.50AJ« 
Muskegon 6.5UAM- 
[Detroit... 9.20" 
Nia. Falls. S.ISRM^ 
Buffalo ... 5.55" 
Rochester 8.10" 
Syracuse .10.20RK- 

Utica 12.05A.M' 

Albany.... 2.45A.M 
New York 7.20" 
-'pringfl'ld 6 25" 
Worcester 8.22" 
Boston... 9.40A,M. 



Train No. 12 

N. Y. EXPRESS 
LEAVES 

Detroit... 12. 30RM 
Except Sunday. 



Comb'n Baggage and Coach, Detroit to Buffalo. 
Smoking Car, Detroit to Buffalo. 
First-class Coach, Detroit to Buffalo. 
Sleeping Car, Detroit to New York. 
Dining Car, St. Thomas to Clifton. 



ARRIVES 

Nia. Falls. 8.45RM> 
Buffalo.... 9.30RM 
i\ewYorkl0.25AJir 
Boston... 2.50RM 



Train No. 16 

LEAVES 

Chicago... 9.00RV 
Except Sunday 



First-class Coach, Chicago to Buffalo. 
Sleeping Car, Chicago to Detroit. 



ARRIVES 

Detroit... 6.2n/LW 
Buffalo... S.15RM 
New York 6.45A,M. 



Train No. IS 

LEAVES 

Chicago.. 4.40Rf/ 
PLxcept Sunday. 



liiins Solid Cliicago to Grand Kapids via C. & W. M. Ry. 

Baggage Car, Chicago to Grand Rapids. 
First-class Coach, Chicago to Grand Rapids. 
Free Chair Car, Chicago to Grand Rapids. 



ARRIVES 

N. Buffalo 6. 
Gr. RapidslO. 
MuskegonlO. 



47RM 
15" 
55RM 



Train No. tiO 

THE N ORTH 

SHORE LIMITED 

YEST^IBDLED 

LEAVES 

Chicago.. 12.20RM 

Toledo ... 3.50" 

Detroit... 7.43RM 

Daily. 



First-class Dav Coach, Chicago to Buffalo. 

First-class Day Coach, Detroit to Buffalo. 

Second-class Day Coach, Detroit to Buffalo. 

Buffet Library Car. Chicago to New York. 

Sleeping Cars, Chicago to New York. 

Sleeping Car, Detroit to New York. 

Sleeping: Car, Detroit to Syracuse. 

Dining Car serving Luncheon and Dinner Chi- 
cago to Detroit; Supper Detroit to St. 
Thomas, and Breakfast and Dinner Syracuse 
to New York. 



ARRIVES 

Nia. Falls. 3 
Susp. Br.. 3 
Rochester 5 
Syracuse.. 8 

Rome . 9 

Utica 9 

Albany ...12 
New York 4. 
Boston 



09A,M: 

15" 

55" 

00" 

U>" 

Sim 

OORM 
ODRM 
30RM 



Eastern Standard Time given for points East of Niagara River. 
(84) 



M ichigan 

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CAR SERVICE 



AND 



CONDENSED THROUGH TIME, 

Via Ne-w York Central & Hudson River, 
and Boston & Albany Railroads. 

MAIN LINE — WESTWARD. 



Train No. 1 

LEAVES 

Buffalo ... 9.45A,K 
Detroit... 4.o5RM 
Except Monday. 



AJIEEIC N EXPRESS. 

Baggage and Express Car, Buffalo to Detroit. 
Smoking Car, Buffalo to Detroit. 
Day Coach, Buffalo to Detroit. 



ARRIVES 

Detroit... 4.20RM 
Toledo ... 9.10" 
Jackson.. 6.40RM 
Chicago .. l.OOAJ*! 



Train No. 3 

CHICAGO EX- 
PRESS 
LEAVES 

Boston ... S.'SOm 
NewYorklO.50" 
Buffalo ...12.30A,M 
Except Sunday. 



Smoking Car and Coach, Buffalo to Chicago. 
First-class Dav Coach, Detroit to Grand Rapids, 
Two First-class Coaches, Buffalo to Chicago. 
Drawing Boom Car. New York to Syracuse. 
Drawing Room Car. Detroit to Chicago. 
Sleeping Car, Syracuse to Chicago. 
Sleeping Car, Buffalo to Detroit (open for pas- 
sengers about 9 00 p. m.). 
Dining Car New York to Albany. 



ARRIVES 

Detroit... 7.30A,M 
Toledo ...10.05" 
Jackson.. 10. (IOA.M 
Gr. Rapids 1.25RM 
Chicago.. 4.15RMI 



Train No. 5 

VESTIBULED 

WESTERN 
EXPRESS 
LEAVES 

Boston .. 3.00RM 
New York 6.00RM 
Buffalo... 6.30AM 
Nia. Falls. 7.15AJ»1 
Daily. 



Solid Vestibuled Train, Hiiiriilo to Chiciigo. 

Smoking Car and Coach, Buffalo to Chicago. 
Sleeping Car, Boston to Chicago. 
Sleeping Car, Boston to St. Louis, via Fitchburg 
Sleeping Car, New York to St. Louis, via N. Y 

C. & H. R. and Wabash. 
Sleeping Car, New York to Chicago. 
Dining Car, serving Breakfast Buffalo to St. 

Thomas, and Dinner and Supper Detroit to 

Chicago. 



ARRIVES 

Detroit... I.IORM 
Toledo ... 3.25" 
Jackson.. 3.17" 
Gr.RapidslO.15" 
Chicago.. 9.00RM 
St. Louis. 7.45AJtl 



Train No. 9 

FAST rAciric 
EXPRESS 

LEAVES 

Boston . . . 7.00RM 
New York 9.15RM 
Albany.... 2. OOA,M 
Buffalo.., 12. 50RM 
Nia. Falls. 1.12RN'. 
Daily. 



Smoking Car and Coach, Buffalo to Chicag i. 

First-class Coach, Buffalo to Chicago 

First-class Coach, Detroit to Chicago (Ex. Sun) 

First-class Coach, Grand Rapids to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, Boston to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, New York to Chicago. 

Sleepmg Car, Buffalo to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, Buffalo to St. Louis, via Wabash. 

Sleeping Car, Toronto to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, Detroit to Grand Rapids. 

Sleeping Car, Detroit to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, Bay City and Saginaw to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, Grand Rapids to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, Muskegon to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, Portland to Chicago, via 'White 
Mountains and Niagara Falls (except Mon- 
day), commencing July 1st. 

Sleeping Car, Mackinaw City to Chicago, via 
Kalamazoo (ex. Mon.) commencing July 1st. 

Dining Car, Buffalo to Detroit. 



ARRIVES 

Detroit... 8.4.5RM 
Toledo. ...11. 30" 
Jackson.. 11. 4.iRM 
Gr. Rapids 6.00AM 
Chicago.. 8.05A.M 
St. Louis.. 6.15RM 



Traill No. 17 

LEAVES 

Gr. Rapids 8. 30A], 
Except Sunday. 



Kuns Solid <.'rand Kapids to Chicasro via C. & W. HI. IJj-. 

Baggage Car, Grand Rapids" to Chicago. 
First-class"Coach, Grand Rapids to Chicago. 
Free Chair Car, Grand Rapids to Chicasro. 



ARRIVES 

N Buffalol2.50RW 
Chicago.. 3.20.^M 



Train No. 19 

MDRTH 

SHORE LIMITED, 

VESTIBULED, 

LEAVES 

Boston... 11. 00A.M 
New York 4.50RM 
Albany ....8.1 5RM 
Susp'n Br.4.05A,M 
Daily. 



Buffet Library Car, New York to Chicago. 

Sleeping Car, New i ork to Detroit. 

Sleeping Cars, New York to Chicago. 

Dining Car. serving Dinner and Supper New 
York to Syracuse, Breakfast St. Thomns to 
Detroit, and Dinner and Luncheon Detroit 
to Chicago. 

Extra-fare and Sleeriing-?ar Tickets are re- 
quired on tnis Train. 



ARRIVES 

Detroit... 9.15A,M 
AnnArta'rlT).19" 
Jackson. .11.15A.M 
Bat. Cr'k.l2.22fiMi 
Kalmazool2.55" 

Niles 2 05" 

Mich. C'y 3.05" 
Chicago.. 4.50RM; 



Eastern Standard Time given for points East of Niagara River. 



(8.5) 



TO 



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C entr al 

"The liiAGWi* Falls Route" 




New York, Boston, 

AND NEW ENGLAND POINTS, 
Via New York Central 

& Hudson River Railroads. 



Central Standard Time. 



No. 20. 

North 

Shore 

Limited. 



No. 2. 

Day 

Express. 



No. 6 
VestFast 

N. Y. 
Bos. Exp 



No. 10 

Fast 

Atlantic 

Express. 



No. 16. 

Amer, 

Express. 



Lv. 



Ar. 
Lv. 



CHICAGO (ft. Lake St.). 

Kalamazoo 

Battle Creek.. 

Jackson 

Ann Arbor 

Detroit (foot 3d St.) 



^2.20 RM 
3.58 '^ 
4.30 " 
5 33 " 

6.29 ' 

7.30 RM 



00 A,M 
20 RM 
03 •' 
30 " 
32 " 
45 RM 



3.10 
7. 04 
7 37 
8.52 
9.45 
10 45 



St. Louis, via. Wabash 

Toledo. Michigan Central. 



. + ii 



Lv. 
Ar. 



Ar. 
Ar. 



DETROIT i'7«. 

St Thomas 11.00 P.H 

Falls View 

Suspension Bridge 215 A,M 

Niagara Falls, N. Y. 2 38 

BUFFALO (Central Time) ... 3 ■ 25 

Buffalo (Eastern Time) I 4 ?5 A,M 



3. go RM 
' 7 
11 



7 55 
9 05 



45 " 
00 P.U 



15 A,M 



25 

25 A,M 



10 55 
2 05 
4. 57 
5.17 

5 40 

6 25 

7 25 



RM 



10.10 

3 35 

4 25 
6 15 
7.45 
9 20 



6 55 

7 45 



A,M 



' 9. 50 
12. 50 

3 37 
3.58 

4 13 
4. 55 
5. 55 



t 9 00 RM 
« 1 18 A,M 
a 03 " 
3.40 " 
4. 55 " 
6.20 A,M 



RM 



tl2.30 RM 
4. 05 " 
7.11 " 
7. 30 " 
7-45 " 
8. 30 " 
9. 30 RM 



Lv, 
Lv 
Lv, 

Ar. 



Eastern Standard Time. 
Suspension Bridge, N.Y.C.&H.R.H. 
Rochester, via Lockport 



BUFFALO, N. Y.C.& H.R R.R 

Rochester (Central Ave.) 

Canandaigua. 

Clifton Springs 

Geneva 

Seneca Falls 

Auburn 

Lyons 

Syracuse (Railroad St.) 

Oneida 

Rome 

Utica (Genesee St.) 

Schenectady 

Saratoga, D. & H. C Co 

Rutland 



ALBANY (Maiden Lane). 
Troy 



Poughkeeosie 

Fishkill (Newburgh) 

Garrison (West Point) 

New York (13Sth St. Station). . . 
NEW YORK (Gd. Cent. Depot) 



ALBANY, Boston & Albany R. R. 

Pittsfield 

N^orth Adams 

Westfield..... 

Springfield 

Hartford viaN. Y., N. H. & H. 

NewHaven. " 

Chicopee Falls, via Conn. River. 

Holyoke ■' 

Northampton... " 

Greenfield " 

Brattle boro '. . . " 

Bellows Falls.. 

Palmer 

West Brookfield 

Worcester 

Providence, via N. Y., P. & B...,. 

South Framingham 

BOSTON (Kneeland St.) 



3 35 AM 
5.55 A,W 



6.50 A,M 
B PO 

8 57 

9 16 
9.37 A,M 



40 A,M 
40 A,M 



6. 50 
9.3 

7. 45 
9. 55 



10 A,M 
35 
05 
28 

20 A,M 



tl0 40 
11 00 
11.25 
2 22 
3. 05 



55 A,M 
20 
27 
48 
20 A,M 
33 RM 



10.55 
12.15 
1.19 
1.37 
2. 05 
4.18 



RM 



10 RM 
50_RM 
10 RM 
10 RM 
35 RM 
00 
35 
57 
35 RM 



10 RM 
20 RM 




12.05 A,M 
2.10 A,M 



3.40 " 

5 35 A,M 



t 2.35 RM 
5.00 RM 
12.00 M 



l..'^5 RM 

2 30 ■■ 

2. 43 " 

3.50 " 

4 00 R^ 



*2.30 
4. 02 
6. 15 



RN' 



35 RM 
00 RM 



t 6.10 
8.40 



t 9. 45 AM 
12.20 RM 



10 RM 
30 " 
40 " 
15 ' 
30 " 
49 " 
00 RM 



4. 50 
6 '55 



RM 



2.45 A,M 



6-10 A,M 
7 45 " 
8.30 " 



8.39 
8. 50 



RM 



7 08 

7.20 



A,M 



14 " 

25 A,M 



30 RM 
02 " 
15 " 



5.35 RM 



5- 35 RM 



5. 00 

6 32 
9 10 

7 48 

8 05 



7.10 RM 
8. 03 RM 



.10 RM 
.03 RM 



6.05 RM 

6. 05 " 

6 55 " 

8. 10 ' 

10 10 " 

10.53 RM 



05 RM 
05 " 
55 " 
10 ' 
10 " 
53 RM 



7J8[_RM 
t 9.25 RM 



7.18 R M 

t9 



f 9. 30 
10 45 



9 50 
8 15 

8 35 
9.14 

10. 10 
10.53 
8. 46 

9 10 
_9J4 

25 RM t 9.10 



RM 



2. 50 
4.40 
8. 20 
6.07 
6. 25 



A,M 



AM 



10 A,M 

04 A,M 

05 P.k 
39 A,M 
00 A,M 



t 8. 05 
9. 20 



6.50 
7.33 
7 50 
9.32 
10.45 
11.35 
' 7. 14 



8. 30 RM 



8. 30 RM 



^10 31 
11.07 



8.22 



tl2 

J 

12~ 

12 

12 

2 

3 

J 

+11. 

I 12 

A,M 1 



24 RM 
24 RM 



ni-25 A,M |t 3 

RMl It 2. 

RMl* 9.40 A.M: 2 



05 RM 

17 " 
35 ■' 
20 " 
10 " 
00_RM 
44 A,M 

18 RM 
20_P,M 
55 RM 



11 RM 
50 RM 



A_r 

+ Daily. + Ex. Sunday. j"lEx7 Saturday^ § Ex. Mondav. S Stops on Signal. 

A The North Shore Limited to New York runs via Suspension Bridge, Lockport, and 

Rochester. The Coaches on No. 20 run to Buffalo and connect there with N. Y 

Central Train No 2. 

C86) 




THIS TRAIN IS COMPOSED OF A 

VESTIBULED BUFFET LIBRARY CAR, 

VESTIBULED WAGNER PALACE SLEEPING CARS, AND 

VESTIBULED DINING CARS, 

RUNNING THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE BET"W:EEN 

Chicago, Detroit, and New York 

ON FAST TIIvlE. 

The cars composing these trains -were biiilt especially for them, and combine- 
every improvement in car construction and every convenience and comfort 
possible to incorporate. Light and ventilation are well nigh perfect. The 
toilet rooms are unusually spacious, and the decorations are tasteful and 
artistic. 

The Dining Cars, which serve all meals between Chicago and New York, 
are siunptuous and dehghtful. They are finished in carved oak, with ceiUng 
decorations of old gold, and are quite roomy. No pains nor expense is spared to 
serve the passenger with the best the market affords, well cooked and neatly 
served 

THE NORTH SHORE LIMITED, 

No. 19, -WESTBOUND, 
Leaves the Grand Central Depot, New York, daily, at 4 50 p. m., and arrives at 
Chicago at the same hour next day. On account of the fast time and hmited 
capacity of the train Extra Fare and Sleeping Car Tickets are required. 

THE NORTH SHORE LIMITED, 

No. 20, EASTBOUND, 
Leaves Chicago, daily, at 12 20 p. m., and arrives at the Grand Central Depot, 
New York, next day at 4.00 p. m., in time to reach any part of the suburbs or 
connect with outgoing trains or steamers. On account of the large New York 
State and New England business carried on this train, more stops are made, and 
no Extra Fare is charged. It is composed of the same cars as Train No. 19, with 
the addition of a coach, luxurious as the average Palace Car, from Chicago to 
Detroit, and from Detroit to Buffalo. 

(87) 




N%7 Glea-K^trtdCortjei-o^I^SoIph 

For copies of Time-Table Folders, Rates of Fare, our Summer 
Tourist advertising matter, and any information desired relative to 
routes, sleeping car accommodation, or any details relative to the 
country described in this book, apply freely to the nearest Michigan 
Central ticket agent, or to any of the following officers or agents: 

O. W. RuGGLES, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, . . . Chicago 
Geo. E. King, Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent, . Chicago 

W. H. Underwood, Eastern Passenger Agent, 1 

Newell Pettee, Traveling Passenger Agent, < 64 Exchange St., . Buffalo 
C. A. Carscadin, Traveling Passenger Agent, J 

John G. Laven, Canadian Passenger Agent, 85 York St., . . Toronto 

P. P. Murray, Western Passenger Agent, 67 Clark St., . . . Chicago 

H. H. Marley, Southwestern Passenger Agent, Union Depot, . Kansas City 
"W. L. Wyand, Northwestern Passenger Agent, 291 Jackson St., St. Paul 

L. L. Caufy, Wisconsin Passenger Agent, 392 Broadway, . Milwaukee 

Jos. S. Hall, Michigan Passenger Agent, M. C. Station, . . . Jackson 
Wm. J. Seinwerth, Southern Passenger Agent, Fourth and Vine Sts., Cincinnati 

C. C. Crane, Pacific Coast Agent, I -,r, ti/t j. o^. o . , iri,, . 

.„ ' ,. -r^ » ^ MO Montgomery St., . San Francisco 

Amos Burr, Traveling Passenger Agent, ) 

1,. D. Heusner, Passenger and Ticket Agent, 67 Clark St., . . Chicago 

O. A. Warren, Passenger and Ticket Agent, 66 Woodward Ave., . Detroit 

Wm. H. Leslie, Ticket Agent, 64 Exchange St., .... Buffalo 

VrM. Gates, Ticket Agent, Boody House, Toledo 

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